Human Genome (Exam 1)

Question 1

What are the 2 primary purposes of DNA?

Answer 1

1) Cell division, growth, & replication
2) Making proteins for growth and survival

Question 2

These chromosomes determine physical body characteristics and are packaged as 2 copies per cell.

Answer 2

What are autosomes?

Question 3

This is the complete DNA sequence of one set of chromosomes.

Answer 3

What is the genome?

Question 4

If 6 billion bp are in 46 chromosomes, then how many bp are in 23 chromosomes?

Answer 4

3 billion

Question 5

Typically, the largest autosome is number { } and the smallest is number { }.

Answer 5

1) 1
2) 22

Question 6

This concept is the number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species.

Answer 6

What is a karyotype?

Question 7

What is the purpose of a karyotype test?

Answer 7

To see if someone has a full set of 46 chromosomes

Question 8

When was the Human Genome Project published (HINT: month/year)?

Answer 8

February 2001

Question 9

What journal was the Human Genome Project published in?

Answer 9

Nature