#Question id: 2806
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Pseudogenes arise from the action of an enzyme
#Question id: 2807
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Huntington’s disease is an example of
a. an autosomal recessive disorder. b. an autosomal dominant disorder.
c. a sex linked recessive disorder. d. a sex linked dominant disorder.
#Question id: 2808
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
A microsatellite is a type of polymorphism that
a. results from the change of a single nucleotide.
b. changes the recognition sequence for a restriction enzyme.
c. results from a variable number of repetitive sequences.
d. results from a chromosomal inversion.
#Question id: 2809
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
In the human genome, one centimorgan or a 1 percent recombination frequency represents, on average, a distance of about
#Question id: 2810
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
Which of the following steps is required to generate a knockout mouse?
a. microinjection of DNA into the pronucleus of a fertilized mouse egg
b. introduction of DNA into mouse embryonic stem cells
c. selection for cells containing the gene targeted insertion
d. expression of Cre protein during embryonic development
#Question id: 2811
#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
RNA interference is a method for inhibiting the function of specific genes using
a. single-stranded DNA.
b. double-stranded DNA.
c. single-stranded RNA.
d. double-stranded RNA.