New material final

Question 1

Homologous genes arising by duplication of a single gene in the same organism

Answer 1

Both A and B

• homologous genes
• paralogs

Question 2

Markers associated with DNA sequences expressed as RNA

Answer 2

ESTs

Question 3

Variations in the number of copies of large DNA sequences (>1000bp); May include deletions and/or duplications

Answer 3

CNVs

Question 4

Complete set of SNPs on a single chromosome

Answer 4

Haplotype

Question 5

A set of two or more overlapping DNA fragments that form a contiguous stretch of DNA

Answer 5

Contig

Question 6

Physical maps are measured in

Answer 6

Base pairs

Question 7

Nucleic acid hybridization; using a known DNA fragment as a probe to find a complementary sequence

Answer 7

Microarray

Question 8

The occurrence of two distinct varieties of DNA within the cytoplasm of a single cell

Answer 8

Heteroplasy

Question 9

T or F most mitochondrial disorders arise in nuclear genes

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Mitochondria replicate during

Answer 10

Throughout the cell cycle

Question 11

Results from mutations in the mtDNA genes that encode electron transport proteins

Answer 11

LHON

Question 12

Type of quantitative characteristics measured in whole numbers

Answer 12

Meristic

Question 13

Absolute value of correlation coefficient

Answer 13

provides information about the strength of the association between the variables

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the HW law

Answer 14

Natural selection is occurring

Question 15

Change in allelic frequency due to chance factors

Answer 15

Genetic drift

Question 16

Mitochondrial inheritance

Answer 16

Only passes mother to offspring