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Using RNA- seq generates data in situ.What does RNA- seq not provide data for?


A) sequence of the RNA
B) location of transcript in the genome
C) amount of protein produced by RNA
D) gene expression levels

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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DNA microarray analysis is excellent for _______.


A) studying one gene's expression very closely
B) studying all of a sample's expressed genes simultaneously
C) studying all of a sample's unexpressed genes simultaneously
D) studying all of a sample's genes simultaneously

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Compared with eukaryotic chromosomes,bacterial chromosomes are_______ .


A) large,mainly organized in single- gene transcription units without introns
B) small,mainly organized in single- gene transcription units with introns
C) large,mainly organized in polygenic transcription units without introns
D) large,triple- helix,Z- DNA,organized in single gene units with introns
E) small,with high gene density

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Numerous scientists around the world have proposed to sequence 10,000 vertebrate genomes in five years.What is the name of this plan?


A) 10K or Bust
B) Vertebrate Beginnings
C) Bigger Than Life Plan
D) Genome 10K
E) Vertebrate Enlightenment

F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

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What is one cause for the 21,000 protein encoding sequences in the human genome producing between 200,000 and 1 million different proteins?


A) CNVs
B) CRISPR- Cas systems
C) restriction enzymes
D) alternative splicing
E) SNPs

F) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The genome of the domesticated dog,Canis familiaris,was sequenced in 2005.Using the dog as a model system provides insight into which of the following human disease states?


A) aneuploidies,multifactorial diseases,and behavioral conditions
B) aneuploidies
C) multifactorial diseases
D) behavioral conditions i.e.,obsessive- compulsive disorders)

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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A drawback to using microarrays is_______ .


A) the spots are very tiny
B) the arrays do not cover enough of the genome
C) researcher- made arrays have high variability
D) commercial microarrays have high variability in quality

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Personal genome sequencing assists with the recognition and determination of what?


A) somatic genome mosaicism
B) locations for introns
C) inheritable diseases and their alleles
D) silent mutations in the genome

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Transcriptomics is _______.


A) measuring how much DNA is in the genome
B) the quantification of gene expression
C) determining phenotype
D) determining epigenetic markers

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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A microbiome is essential for human infant development.Where does an infant obtain the origins of its microbiome?


A) the infant has a microbiome at conception
B) the hospital
C) the father
D) the mother

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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A common first separation technique in 2D gels is isoelectric focusing.What property is isoelectric focusing taking advantage of?


A) charge
B) amino acid content
C) the pH at which the overall charge is zero
D) size

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Several years ago,scientists compared the genome of a wooly mammoth to that of an African elephant and found them to be 98.5% identical.This is an example of what type of "- omics"?


A) stone- age genomics
B) space- age genomics
C) exomics
D) proteomics
E) extinctomics

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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A newly sequenced gene is cloned and expressed in a bacterial cell.The bioinformatics databases suggest that this gene produces an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate.After weeks of experiments,a scientist determined the enzyme has a completely different function.This is an example of_______ .


A) incorrect qPCR
B) incorrect BLAST parameters
C) incorrect annotation
D) incorrect enzyme experiments
E) incorrect sequencing

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Transcriptomics requires the isolation of RNA to generate sequence data.If a scientist wants to use next- generation sequencing to perform their experiment which of the following is necessary?


A) protein quantification
B) euchromatin
C) reverse transcriptase
D) heterochromatin

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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In general,the organization of genes in bacteria is different from that in eukaryotes.In E.coli,approximately 27 percent of all genes are organized into contiguous,functionally related units containing multiple genes under coordinated control that are transcribed as a single unit.Such contiguous gene families are called_______ .


A) proteomes
B) operons
C) pseudogenes
D) transcriptomes
E) contigs

F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

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Genomes from several primates have been sequenced and annotated.These primates range from chimpanzee to Rhesus monkey to Neanderthal and modern humans.What is the advantage of having so many primate sequences available to researchers?


A) Comparative genomics allows for determining evolutionary trends.
B) The primate sequences can be compared to learn about dietary trends.
C) Phenotypes can be determined from the genomes.
D) The primate sequences can be compared to learn about social behavior.

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Nutrigenomics is the study of_______ .


A) the vitamins and minerals in the genome
B) the effect of genomics on dietary desires
C) the relationship between diet and the genome
D) the effect of nutrition on genome sequences

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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One major difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes is that eukaryotic genes can contain internal sequences,called_______ ,which get removed in the mature message.


A) inteins
B) exons
C) exteins
D) splice- outs
E) introns

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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What does MALDI stand for?


A) Maser- Assisted Ligand Desorption Ionization
B) Maser- Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
C) Matrix- Assisted Ligand Desorption Ionization
D) Matrix- Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Most of the bacterial genomes described in the text have fewer than_______ .


A) 10,000 genes
B) 500 genes
C) 50 genes
D) 5000 base pairs
E) 10,000 base pairs

F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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