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Genetics 1: The Genome - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 16 times
- The average score is 7 of 15
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Every cell in the human body contains a copy of the human genome. True or false? | False. Red blood cells do not have a nucleus and therefore do not contain DNA | 91%
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| How many chromosomes do gametes contain? | 23 | 82%
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| How many chromosomes do humans have? | 46 | 82%
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| How many bases are there in a megabase? | One million | 73%
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| What percentage of the human genome is a coding region? (Give to one decimal place) | 1.1% | 64%
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| How many megabases does the yeast genome have? | 12MB | 55%
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| The majority of intergenic DNA is composed of _________ sequences. | repeated | 45%
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| What does SNP stand for? | Single nucleotide polymorphism | 45%
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| Splicing removes introns from what? | pre-mRNA | 36%
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| How many megabases does the human genome have? | 3000MB | 27%
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| What is the name for defunct genes leftover from evolution? | Pseudogenes | 27%
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| How many genes does the yeast genome have? | 5800 | 18%
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| There are two types of defunct gene leftover from evolution. Name one type. | Conventional or processed | 18%
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| What is the term that describes the discrepancy between genome size and genome complexity in different organisms? | c value paradox | 18%
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| Genome-wide repeats arise most frequently through __________ | transposition | 9%
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