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Which of the following is not an application of transgenic organisms?


A) bacteria that degrade sludge
B) corn plants that are resistant to herbicides
C) bacteria that undergo mutations frequently
D) cattle that secrete therapeutic proteins into their milk
E) carrots that produce influenza virus proteins that can be used as vaccines

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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A defect in DNA ligase would most likely cause


A) normal replication, but gaps remain in the sugar-phosphate DNA backbone.
B) failure to remove introns from the primary mRNA.
C) incompletely processed primary mRNA that does not get translated properly.
D) translation to initiate normally, but fail to proceed to elongation.
E) DNA strands to separate normally, but fail to join nucleotides in the growing nucleotide chain.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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The genetic code in bacteria is different than the genetic code in animals and plants.

A) True
B) False

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RNA differs from DNA because RNA


A) is double-stranded, whereas DNA is not.
B) may double back and base pair with itself, whereas DNA does not.
C) is never single-stranded, whereas DNA may or may not be.
D) can self-replicate, whereas DNA replication requires enzymes.
E) is replicated along with DNA, but does not require strand separation like DNA does.

F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

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The three steps that are required for DNA replication are


A) unwinding, complementary base pairing, and joining.
B) base doubling, unwinding, and joining.
C) complementary base pairing, transcription, and translation.
D) unwinding, transcription, and translation.
E) unwinding, base doubling, and base pairing.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

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The x-ray diffraction pattern of DNA discovered by Rosalind Franklin showed that DNA


A) is helical.
B) has a repeated pattern.
C) is both helical and has a repeated pattern.
D) contains beta sheets arranged in a repeated pattern.
E) contains alpha helices and beta sheets.

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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A transposon may cause a mutation if it


A) jumps into an exon of another gene.
B) jumps into an intron of another gene.
C) jumps into an intergenic DNA sequence.
D) remains trapped within an intergenic DNA sequence.
E) interacts with a physical mutagen.

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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If an organism's DNA contains 20% adenine nucleotides, what percentage of its DNA is composed of guanine nucleotides?


A) 10%
B) 15%
C) 20%
D) 30%
E) 40%

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Which of the following allows a cell to decipher the genetic code?


A) rRNA
B) tRNA
C) mRNA
D) DNA
E) protein

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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This figure represents ________. This figure represents ________.   A)  replication B)  translation C)  transcription D)  transformation E)  base pairing


A) replication
B) translation
C) transcription
D) transformation
E) base pairing

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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