Genetic Variation & Information Random Retrieval

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Genetic Variation & Information Random Retrieval

This quiz contains all the questions in the Genetic Variation & Information section. The website will pick 20 questions at random.

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How do Microbiologists test for bacterial susceptibility to antibiotics?

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What type of selection is shown on the graph?

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Why do most mutations cause a decrease in reproductive success?

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The Amish in America are a closed community, which only reproduce with-in their own population. They are descended from 200 Swiss who migrated there. They have a much higher proportion of alleles which cause genetic disorders, rarely seen in the rest of the population. What is this an example of?

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Two of the above mutations will always cause a non functional protein. Why?

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What is a gene mutation?

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How many chromatids are present in a human cell at the start of meiosis?

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On this diagram, what does D represent?

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On this diagram, what does B represent?

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Which term describes the specific attraction of bases?

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Where does the enzyme used in transcription bind?

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What word describes the fact there is more than one set of three bases for each amino acid?

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DNA is read in sets of three bases called what?

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What do H and h represent?

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True or False : The sex chromosomes ( X and Y) are not an homologous pair?

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Which of the following carries the code for the order of amino acids?

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What is a gene?

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Describe how prokaryotic DNA is stored

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How would you describe the shape of prokaryotic chromosome, when compared to a eukaryotic chromosome?

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Eukaryotic DNA is stored, wrapped around which type of protein?

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