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Set 15 The Dynamic Genome Transposable Elements

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Question 1

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A corn plant is homozygous for a mutant allele that results in no pigment in the seed (i.e.,white).The mutant is caused by Ds insertion that often exits late in seed development,when there is an active Ac element in the genome.If there is NO active Ac element,the seeds of this plant will be:

A)no pigment (i.e. ,white).
B)pigmented all over.
C)white with small spots of pigment.
D)white with large spots of pigment.
E)weakly pigmented.

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Question 2

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In D.melanogaster,when M cytotype (lab stock)females are crossed to P cytotype (wild)males,the resulting F1 progeny are:

A)normal.
B)defective.
C)normal:defective in a 1:1 ratio.
D)normal:defective in a 1:2:1 ratio.
E)normal:defective in a 3:1 ratio.

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Question 3

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Eukaryotic retrotransposons such as Ty1 and Copia are flanked by:

A)direct repeats (DRs).
B)inverted repeats (IRs).
C)long terminal repeats (LTRs).
D)long inverted repeats (LIRs).
E)None of the answer options are correct.

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