front 1 Beckwith-Weidmann syndrome (BWS) is caused by a/an______ | back 1 Epimutation |
front 2 Which of the following provided the best evidence that changes in glucocorticoid receptor (GR)expression in rats in response to nurturing deficits early in life were epigenetic changes? | back 2 The DNA and histone modifications associated with GR expression
and |
front 3 Which is the following is not a necessary feature of a good cloning vector? | back 3 The ability to carry D N A fragments of up to 200 k b |
front 4 What would be the effect on the PCR reaction if any of the following circumstances arose: 1) there are no primers in the reaction, 2) there are no dNTPs in the reaction, 3) there is no Taq polymerase in the reaction? | back 4 The PCR reaction will not commence |
front 5 What would be the effect on the PCR reaction if the annealing temperature was too low? Let’s say 45C | back 5 Non-specific PCR of random templates will occur |
front 6 Place these steps in the correct order for a whole genome sequencing
strategy: | back 6 2, 5, 1, 3, 4 |
front 7 A gene for flower color in a wild South African lily was also found in a hybrid orchid only grown in Tokyo, Japan. Both genes control flower color, and the genes have a 68% sequence homology. What is the proper term to describe them? | back 7 Orthologs |
front 8 Which of the following statements about the field of metagenomics is true? | back 8 It sequences and identifies genomes from entire communities from environmental |
front 9 The genetic basis for cancer is usually _____. | back 9 the accumulation of several mutations |
front 10 Apoptosis _____. | back 10 is a normal response to severe D N A damage |
front 11 The protein p53 _____. | back 11 may stimulate either apoptosis or the arrest of the cell cycle |
front 12 Hallmarks of many cancer cells include _____ | back 12 a. failure to undergo apoptosis |