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Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Mendel summarized his findings in which two genetic laws?
  1. The laws of codominance and recessive genes
  2. The laws of characteristics and traits
  3. The laws of segregation and independent assortment
  4. The laws of mutations and variations
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
The process of reading a DNA molecule and creating a mRNA is called                   .
  1. Transcription.
  2. Replication.
  3. Translation.
  4. Protein synthesis.
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Father Gregor Mendel studied                    .
  1. Finches
  2. Garden variety peas
  3. Gray Tree Frogs
  4. Fruit Flies
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Although exceptions probably exist for practically every rule of biology, which of the following statements is typically false?
  1. DNA is double stranded, whereas RNA is single stranded.
  2. DNA contains the same nucleotides as RNA.
  3. DNA to RNA is called transcription
  4. RNA to protein is called translation
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Gametes are produced by a type of cell division called:
  1. Budding
  2. Binary Fission
  3. Meiosis
  4. Conjugation
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
When a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium it is not                .
  1. Mutating
  2. Drifting
  3. Random
  4. Evolving
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Which of the following statements is true?
  1. Transcription occurs in the nucleus, and translation occurs in the cytoplasm.
  2. Transcription occurs in the nucleolus, and translation occurs in the nucleus
  3. Transcription and translation both occur in the nucleus
  4. Transcription and translation both occur in the cytoplasm.
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Haploid male and female gametes unite in a process called                    .
  1. Parthenogenesis
  2. Sending out runners
  3. Fertilization
  4. Oceanography
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
The small circular molecules of DNA commonly found in bacteria are called                .
  1. chromatids
  2. plastids
  3. chromophores
  4. plasmids
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What is a phenotype?
  1. A phenomenal reproducer
  2. The controller of the cell
  3. An organelle
  4. The expression of all an organism's genes
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What was Mendel's choice of crop to experiment with?
  1. Peas
  2. Corn
  3. Cotton
  4. Soy Beans
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What is the role of the histone proteins of the chromatin?
  1. Contains the instructions for how to build a protein
  2. Acts as a spool around which the DNA is wrapped
  3. Assembles the ribosome subunits
  4. Maintains the structural integrity of the nuclear membrane
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Parent organisms contribute half of the offspring's genetic makeup by                         .
  1. Creating haploid gametes
  2. Making a zygote
  3. Forming a hybrid
  4. Cold fusion
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
How many codons are there?
  1. 4
  2. 54
  3. 64
  4. 12
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Viruses can carry this between organisms.
  1. DNA
  2. Moisture
  3. Resistance to antibiotics
  4. Yeast
Graduate DNA, RNA, and Genetics
Sexual reproduction ensures that which of the following will happen?
  1. A mixing of the gene pool
  2. Recombinational DNA repair
  3. The spread of advantageous traits
  4. All of the above
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