Higher Biology 1.8 Genomics and genomic sequencing

According to this image, which two domains of life are most related?

• Bacteria & Archaea

• Archaea & Eukarya

• Eukarya & Bacteria

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Which group of animals on this tree are most closely related to birds?

• Saurischian dinosaurs

• Ornithischian dinosaurs

• Crocodiles

• None of these are related to birds

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Which of the following terms describes the study of genomes?

• Genomics

• Bioinformatics

• Phylogenetics

• Pharmacogenetics

the graph below shows a molecular clock which compares the amino acid sequences in the protein cytochrome C in various vertebrate groups. From the information in the graph, which vertebrate groups shared a common ancestor most recently?

• fish and reptiles

• birds and mammals

• reptiles and mammals

• birds and reptiles

What is meant by the term phylogenetics?

• The use of statistics and computer technology to analyse gene sequencing data.

• The study of a persons genome to produce personalised medicine

• The comparison of the genomes of disease and non disease causing organisms

• The study of evolutionary relatedness between organisms

Which of the following is a shortcoming of molecular clocks

• Mutations occur too rarely to assign a timescale

• The assumption that mutations occur at a constant rate.

• Mutations don't occur in all species

• They are only based on substitution mutations

What are the three domains of life?

• Bacteria Archaea Eukaryotes

• Prokaryotes Eukaryotes Archaea

• Animals Plants Fungi

• Bacteria Archaea Prokaryotes

Which of the following data can be used to provide evidence for the sequence of evolutionary events?

• DNA sequence data

• Protein sequence data

• Fossil evidence

• A combination of all the evidence above

What is the correct sequence of evolutionary events?

• Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Land plants, Animals

• Eukaryotes, Prokaryotes, Animals, Land plants

• Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, Animals, Land plants

• Prokaryotes, Animals, Land plants, Eukaryotes

Which of these is NOT and example of a model organism?

• A mouse that possesses many genes similar to humans

• A fruit fly that has many genes in common with those that cause disease in humans

• A plant species that has genes that produce a variety of flower colours

• A worm that possesses many genes that will allow us to understand nerve functioning and ageing