Great apes

Question 1

Genetically, ________ more closely
related to humans than to gorillas (next closest
relative).

Answer 1

chimpanzees & bonobos

Question 2

True or False: alpha chains of human & chimpanzee blood
hemoglobin have identical sequences of amino acids- if
blood chemistry is matched, humans can have a blood
transfusion from chimpanzees

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)?

Answer 3

A string of 4 chemical bases:
* adenine (A), guanine (G),
cytosine (C), & thymine (T)

Question 4

DNA is a double helix formed by base pairs attached to a
______ backbone.

Answer 4

sugar-phosphate

Question 5

In 2012, scientists sequenced & published gorilla genome for 4 individuals (+ 1 chimpanzee, 1 bonobo & 8 humans):

Answer 5

gorilla genome

Question 6

commercially sequenced DNA
of Craig Venter of Celera
company or NIH funded?

Answer 6

Human Genome Project (2003):

Question 7

• Preliminary results published
  in Nature on 1st of September
  (Chimpanzee Sequencing &
  Analysis Consortium).
• DNA from Clint, male
  chimpanzee at Yerkes National
  Primate Research Center in
  Atlanta, Georgia

Answer 7

Chimpanzee Genome Project
(2005)

Question 8

human–chimpanzee–gorilla speciation event (split)

Answer 8

10 million years ago

Question 9

human–chimpanzee speciation event (split)

Answer 9

6 million years ago

Question 10

in ___% of the genome, gorilla is closer to
human or chimpanzee than the latter are to each
other

Answer 10

30