lqc 18 exam qs

Question 1

name the components of the mononucleotide that are joined together by bonds to create the dna backbone

Answer 1

1 deoxyribose sugar and 1 phosphate group

Question 2

state the name of the bond that joins the mononucleotides in one dna strand

Answer 2

phosphodiester

Question 3

gene pool

Answer 3

the total of all alleles in a population

Question 4

allele frequency

Answer 4

the frequency of a particular allele for a particular gene in an organism

Question 5

explain how the results of dna profiling of tissue samples from two sub species could be used to provide evidence that they share common ancestors

Answer 5

bands produced at certain positions, common bands contain similar dna fragments, the more similar the patterns the closer the relationship, very few differences if still a sub species