DNA and Human Pedigrees

Short sequences of repeating DNA at the tips of eukaryotic chromosomes

• DNA Polymerase

• Okazaki Fragments

• Telomeres

• Nitrogen bases

There are three (3) parts to a nucleotide base

• False

• True

DNA is commonly referred to as ______

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Ribonucleic acid

• Deoxynucleic acid

• Do not assist

In Chargaff's rule, adenine pairs with ​ (a)   , and guanine pairs with ​ (b)  

• thymine
• cytosine
• adenine
• guanine

The following is a DNA sequence, GTACTCGTA. What is the sequence of the opposite strand?

• GTACTCGTA

• CATGAGCAT

• CATCATCAT

• TAGTAGTAG

Who took the famous Photo 51 that helped to discover the actual structure of DNA?

• Rosalind Franklin

• Watson and Crick

• Erwin Chargaff

• Thomas Edison

If 20% an organism's DNA is thymine, what is the percentage of guanine?

• 20%

• 25%

• 30%

• 35%

In a pedigree, circles represent what?

• Males

• Children

• Females

• Marriages

What Roman Numeral would be used to represent the 4th generation in a pedigree?

• I

• IV

• VI

• V

If someone has this genotype, Bb, for a particular gene then they are considered to be _____

• Homozygous Dominant

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous recessive