E o C Biology Review 5: Human Heredity & Genetic Engineering

Which of the following disorders can be observed in a human karyotype

• colorblindness
• trisomy 21
• cystic fibrosis
• sickle cell diease

Which of the following disorders is a direct result of nondisjunction?

• sickle cell disease 
• Turner's syndrome
• Huntington's disease
• cystic fibrosis

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A woman is homozygous for  A^- blood type.  A man has A^-  blood type.  What is the probability that the couple's child will have B^-   blood type.

• 0%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder caused by a ____________

• single base substitution in the gene for hemoglobin
• deletion of an amino acid from a chloride channel protein
• defective gene found on the X chromosome
• trisomy of chromosome 21

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The techique used to  separate DNA strands of diferent lengths is_______

• gel electrophoresis 
• restriction enzyme digestion
• shotgun sequencing
• bioinfomatics

The study of whole genomes, including genes and their functions, is called

• bioinfomatics
• informatin science
• life science
• genomics

DNA can be cut into shorter sequences by proteins known as 

• haploytes
• polymerases
• restriction enzymes
• restriction fragments

Polyploidy may instantly produce new types of organisms that are larger and stronger than their diploid relatives in ___

• animals
• plants
• bacteria
• fungi

Which of the following does NOT apply to a plasmid?

• made of DNA
• found in bacterial cells
• has circular loops
• found in animal cells

To separate DNA fragments from one another, scientists use____

• polymerase chain reaction
• DNA microarrays
• gel electrophoresis
• restriction enzymes