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Set 17 Transposable Genetics Elements

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Question 1

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Which enzyme catalyzes the excision and insertion events conducted by transposons?

A) Transformase
B) Transposase
C) Ligase
D) Helicase
E) Polymerase

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Question 2

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Eukaryotic DNA sequences that can move from one position to another are known as

A) DNA fingerprints.
B) plasmids.
C) transposons.
D) jumping chromosomes.
E) walking chromosomes.

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Question 3

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Which organism exhibits retrotransposition?

A) C. elegans
B) E. coli
C) S. aureus
D) E. coli and S. aureus
E) All of these

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