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Chapter 15-18

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Which of the following statements regarding viruses is false?   show
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show Hershey and Chase  
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show phage  
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show only the DNA  
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The way that genetic material of a bacteriophage enters a bacterium is most like the way that   show
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The monomers of DNA and RNA are   show
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Which of the following statements regarding DNA is false?   show
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show RNA uses the sugar dextrose  
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The shape of a DNA molecule is most like   show
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show The amount of adenine is equal to the amount of thymine, and the amount of guanine is equal to the amount of cytosine  
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DNA replication   show
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show GCCATG  
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When one DNA molecule is copied to make two DNA molecules, the new DNA contains   show
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Which of the following enzymes catalyzes the elongation of a new DNA strand?   show
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Why does a DNA strand grow only in the 5' to 3' direction?   show
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show DNA--RNA--protein  
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show transcription  
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The "one gene-one polypeptide" theory states that   show
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Experiments have demonstrated that the "words" of the genetic code (the units that specify amino acids) are   show
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show 3  
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show 5 amino acids  
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show The fact that some amino acids are specified from more than one codon  
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show RNA polymerase  
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show initiation of a new RNA molecule  
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___________ marks the end of a gene and causes transcription to stop.   show
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show in the cytoplasm  
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Which of the following statements about eukaryotic RNA is true?   show
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Which of the following takes place during translation?   show
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show codon recognition--peptide bond formation--translocation--termination  
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show Transcription occurs in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells.  
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show a mutation  
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show The doe did not eat  
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show The dod idn ote at.  
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A physical or chemical agent that changes the nucleotide sequence of DNA is called a(n)   show
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show The cycle typically leads to the lysis of the host cell.  
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show The lysogenic cycle typically results in the rapid lysis of all infected cells.  
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show prophage  
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show Very few new human disease have originated in other animals because the genetic differences are too great.  
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show easy viral transmission from person to person  
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What kind of virus is HIV?   show
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Which of the following enzymes does HIV use to synthesize DNA on an RNA template?   show
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HIV does the greatest damage to   show
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show by altering the plants' growth  
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show There is no known treatment or cure for prion infections  
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show transformation  
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show occurs when a phage transfers bacterial DNA from one bacterium to another.  
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show is the direct transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another  
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Conjugation, transformation, and transduction are all ways that bacteria   show
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When a bacterial cell with a chromosome-borne F factor conjugates with another bacterium, how is the transmitted donor DNA into the recipient's genome?   show
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show R plasmids  
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Conjugation between a bacterium that lacks an F factor (F-) and a bacterium that has an F factor on its chromosome (F+) would typically produce which of the following results?   show
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show a site for making the proteins needed for conjugation.  
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show heavy use of antibiotics in medicine and in agriculture  
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Which of the following statements about the problems created by cloning is false?   show
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show the control of gene expression  
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show process by which genetic information flows from genes to proteins  
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A gene operon consists of   show
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show an operon  
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The lac operon in E. Coli   show
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Proteins that bind to DNA and turn on operons by making it easier for RNA polymerase to bind to a promoter are called   show
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The lac operon of E. Coli is __________ when the repressor is bound to lactose.   show
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show a repressor that is active when it binds to tryptophan  
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Which of the following is likely to occur in E. Coli cells that are grown in skim milk?   show
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show Additional genetic information for the formation of specialized cells is passed on to the developing embryo via the placenta  
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The genes for the enzymes of glycolysis   show
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Which of the following statements regarding DNA packing is false?   show
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The relationship between DNA and chromosomes is most like   show
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In female mammals, the inactive C chromosome in each cell   show
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show results from X chromosome inactivation  
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show regulatory proteins  
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Enhancers are   show
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Silencers are sites on DNA that   show
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show removal of introns from the molecule  
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The coding regions of a gene (the portions that are expressed as polypeptide sequences) are called   show
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Which of the following permits a single gene to code for more than one polypeptide?   show
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show microRNA  
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miRNA can be used by   show
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Which of the following statements regarding RNA and proteins is false?   show
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All of the following mechanisms are used to regulate protein production except   show
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The textbook authors' analogy between the regulation of gene expression and the movement of water through pipes includes all of the following except   show
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show translation  
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show The location of the head and tail ends of the egg is primarily determined by the location of sperm entry during fertilization  
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A homeotic gene   show
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Which of the following statements about microarrays is false?   show
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To initiate a signal transduction pathway, a signal binds to a receptor protein usually located in the   show
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Transcription factors attach to   show
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A signal outside a cell triggers changes in the transcription and translation inside the cell through the process of   show
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show selective gene expression  
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Most differentiated cells retain   show
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The cloning of Dolly the Sheep   show
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Which of the following mammals has not yet been cloned and brought through the complete gestation cycle?   show
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Which of the following possible uses of reproductive cloning is still considered by most to be an unresolved ethical issue?   show
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Adult stem cells have limited therapeutic potential   show
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show oncogene  
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show A mutation in a tumor-supressor gene can stop cell division immediately  
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show one or more of the cell's genes being removed by a virus  
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show several somatic cell mutations  
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show four or more somatic mutations must occur to giver rise to the center, which takes time  
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Mutations on the photo-oncogenes as and p53   show
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show turning off a gene for a protein that inhabits cell division  
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show tobacco  
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show Mutagens are usually not carcinogens  
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