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GCD 2024 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Robertsonian Translocations - Answer-In Robertsonian Translocations the long arms of two acrocentric chromosomes have fused. 1/900 live human births display Robertsonian translocations One example of a Robertsonian translocation is Familial Down Syndrome DNA FISH on Familial Down Syndrome - Answer-Down Syndrome affects 1/700 births About 5% of Down Syndrome is Familial Down Syndrome (1/14,000 births) The translocation is always bet...

GCD Ch. 6 Exam Questions with Correct Answers The process of DNA replication requires that each of the parental DNA strands be used as a ___________________ to produce a duplicate of the opposing strand. A) catalyst B) competitor C) template D) copy - Answer-C) template DNA replication is considered semiconservative because ____________________________. A) after many rounds of DNA replication, the original DNA double helix is still intact B) each daughter DNA molecule consists of t...

GCD Section 1 Exam Questions with Correct Answers What are the 5 basic process steps for potable spirits? - Answer-they're made from a source of fermentable sugar(s); sugars are converted into EtOH & CO2 by fermentation; EtOH is concentrated by distillation; resulting high alcohol can be matured, blended, flavored, and diluted; the finished product is packaged ABV - Answer-the standard method of measuring the concentration of ethyl alcohol (ethanol) in water; the units are percentage (%)...

GCD Exam 1 Questions with All Correct Answers The length of the index finger is sex-influenced. The short allele is dominant in males, whereas the long allele is dominant in females. If a heterozygous male and a female with short index fingers have offspring together, what are the possible phenotypes of the offspring? - Answer-males with short index fingers and females with short or long index fingers Which of the following statements is false? Select one: a. A true-breeding individual ...

GCD Exam 3 Questions with 100% Pass Which of the following may be used as a vector in a gene-cloning experiment? a) mRNA b) Plasmid c) Virus d) c & d - Answer-d The restriction enzymes used in gene-cloning experiments ___________, which generates sticky ends that can _________. a. cut the DNA, enter bacterial cells b. cut the DNA, hydrogen bond with complementary sticky ends c. methylate DNA, enter bacterial cells d. methylate DNA, hydrogen bond with complementary sticky ends - Answe...

GCD Chapter 5 Exam with A Grade Solutions Race and ethnicity are synonyms. True False - Answer-False There is far more variability within so-called "racial groups" than between them. True False - Answer-True Membership in an ethnic group is largely voluntary. True False - Answer-False With regard to immigrant ethnic groups in a host country, acculturation is more common than assimilation, especially in the short run. True False - Answer-True When accultur...

GCD Quiz 6 Questions with Correct Answers The following statements below concern DNA replication. One of them is not true. Which is the false statement? A DNA double helix obeys the AT/GC rule. A DNA double helix could contain one strand that is 4 generations older than its complementary strand. A DNA double helix may contain two strands of DNA that were made at the same time. A DNA strand can serve as a template strand on many occasions. - Answer-A DNA double helix may conta...

GCD Final Test Questions with Complete Solutions Cell theory is the idea that - Answer-all living matter consists of cells, cells are the structural and functional units of life, and all cells come from preexisting cells. Endosymbiosis has been proposed as the explanation for the origin of a defining cellular characteristic of all - Answer-Eukaryotes You are interested in studying a gene called CFTR because mutations in this gene cause cystic fibrosis. You have made a line of mice that l...

GCD Exam 2 Practice Test Comp 86 Questions (chp 9-13) with Verified Answers Which of the following could be the components of a single nucleotide found in DNA? a. Ribose, phosphate, and cytosine b. Deoxyribose, phosphate, and uracil c. Deoxyribose, phosphate, and adenine d. Ribose, phosphate, and uracil - CORRECT ANSWER c. Deoxyribose, phosphate, and adenine 2. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the DNA double helix? a. It obeys the AG/TC rule. b. There are 10 nucleotides...