Modern Genetics Test Review

Any change in the sequence of DNA is...

• transgenic shift

• single genotype

• monohybrid trait

• mutation

What mutation has occurred below?

T-G-A-C-C-A

T-G-A-G-C-A

• Substitution

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Frameshift

What is the correct mRNA strand from this DNA below?

CAC-GTG-ACA-GCG

• GTG-CAC-TGT-CGC

• CAC-GUG-ACA-GCG

• GUG-CAC-UGU-CGC

• GTG-CAC-TGT-CGC

TTACGCAAG

TTCGCAAG.

This is an example of ___ mutation.

• Substitution

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Inversion

What type of mutation is this?

Normal-

AGA-TTC-ATA-GCG

Mutation

AGA-TTC-AAT-AGC-G

• deletion

• insertion

• substitution

• nonsense

Mutations in the ____________ can be passed on to offspring.

• lymph nodes

• gametes (sex cells)

• brain cells

• lung cells

What allows you to compare the number of bases in fragments of DNA after exposing the DNA to restriction enzymes?

• cloning

• gene splicing

• electrophoresis

• mitosis

Your bone cells have the same DNA as your skin cells, but these cells perform differently because...

• of gene mutations.

• of enzymes.

• bones are inside the body and the skin is on the outside.

• different parts of the DNA are turned off or on in different types of cells.

Name the process in this image.

• protein synthesis

• cloning

• cell respiration

• cell differentiation

In what organelle does protein synthesis occur?

• cell membrane

• ribosome

• nucleus

• chloroplasts