The length of the mRNA molecule generated from DNA during transcription. The length of the same mRNA molecule during translation [in eukaryotes].,BIOLOGY GENETICS

BIOLOGY GENETICS

1). What is the name of the man on the front page of this exam wishing you good luck?
a) James Watson b) Francis Crick c) Alfred Stutervant d) Thomas H.

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1). What is the name of the man on the front page of this exam wishing you good luck?
a) James Watson b) Francis Crick c) Alfred Stutervant d) Thomas H. Morgan e) Charles Darwin

2) What was his major contribution to the field of genetics?
a) theory of evolution by natural selection
b) constructing genetic maps of chromosomes to understand gene linkage
c) understanding the role of chromosomes in heredityd) alpha helix structure of DNA
e) genes are the unit of inheritance

3) Name that stage: using the picture to the right, what stage is this cell in?
a) prophase I d) metaphase II of meiosis
b) metaphase of mitosis e) anaphase of mitosis
c) anaphase I of meiosis

4) In the stage previous to the one shown, chromosomes are split at the centromere to be pulled apart to opposite poles.
a) True b) False

5) In the figure to the right, what is the chromosome number?
a) haploid b) 6n c) 12n d) diploid e) b and d

6) In the same cell, what will the chromosomal number in each daughter cell one this one has undergone cytokinesis?
a) haploid b) 6n c) 12n d) a and b e) none of these

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The following can be compared in a quantitative sense. Use the choices below to describe the two statements.
a) the first is greater than the second
b) the second is greater than the first
c) the two are essentially equal

7) The number of phenotypes possible in the human ABO blood system. The number of genotypes possible in the human ABO blood system.

8) The length of the mRNA molecule generated from DNA during transcription. The length of the same mRNA molecule during translation [in eukaryotes].

9) In pea plants, spherical seeds (S) are dominant to dented seeds (s). In a genetic cross of two plants that are heterozygous for the seed shape trait, compare the following statements. The fraction of offspring with dented seeds. The fraction of…