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Anatomy & Physiology

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Set 13 Genomes

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Question 1

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Assembling complete genomic sequences based on the overlap of sequenced fragments can be difficult because the sequenced fragments:

A)may be relatively short (50-100 nucleotides).
B)may have errors in them.
C)may come from either DNA strand.
D)may overlap but come from different locations in the genome.
E)may actually come from bacteria, viruses, or other contaminants.

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Question 2

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Which of the following objects lacks a genome?

A)nucleus
B)chloroplast
C)mitochondrion
D)virus particle
E)All of these choices have a genome.

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Question 3

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Consider the sentence fragments shown in Figure 13.1, below. 1 "It has not escaped our no
2 specific pairing we have post
3 suggests a plausible copying mm
4 d our notice that the specifi
5 ve postulated immediately suggests
6 pying mechanism for the genetic material." Which of the following would make assembling the sentence more difficult?

A)If each of the words in the sentence were used only once.
B)If some of the words in the sentence were used several times.
C)If the fragments were longer.
D)If the letters were randomly assembled and did not form known words.

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