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Bits of DNA that literally jump from one chromosome to another are:
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Transposable elements
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What percent of the human genome is coding DNA?
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1 - 1.5%
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Which of these is NOT a type of noncoding human DNA?
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Multigene families
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The types of transposons that have lost their signals from replication are called?
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Dead transposons
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Comparing the entire DNA content of different organisms is called:
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Genomics
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When comparing the genomes of a variety of organisms, what is most surprising?
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The number of similarities between species
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How many genes constitute the human genome?
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About 25,000
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Select an examply of a palindrome from the choices below
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GAATTCCTTAAG
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Of the following organisms, which has the largest genome size?
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Commercial rice
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Groups of related but distinctly different genes that occur together in clusters are called:
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Multigene families
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The new area of science that seeks to catalog and analyze every protein in the human body to help understand the human genome is called:
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Proteomics
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Which of the following is a long interspersed nuclear element
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LINEs
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All of the following are correct about the X and Y chromosomes except:
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Males have two Y chromosomes
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Whole blocks of genes that have been copied from one chromosome to another are referred to as:
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Segmental duplications
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Which of the following is NOT a transposable element
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Single copy genes
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