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Genetics

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Set 19 The Genetic Analysis Of Development

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Question 1

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The Human Genome Project was a prominent example of _______________,which contrasted with _______________ approaches.

A) applied research;basic
B) practical biology;theoretical
C) shotgun approaches;targeted
D) archival science;abstract
E) discovery science;hypothesis-driven

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Question 2

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Why is low-cost sequencing important to medicine,considering that the human genome project is considered complete?

A) The original sequence is now known to contain a high proportion of misassembled regions.
B) The original sequence is now known to contain a high proportion of errors.
C) The high mutation frequency of non-coding DNA means the project must be repeated every decade.
D) The original reference sequence captured almost none of the variations in humans.
E) Sanger sequencing has a lower error rate than next-generation sequencing.

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Question 3

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An assembly of the human genome would ideally consist of

A) 23 contigs
B) no repetitive DNA
C) as many contigs as possible
D) >1,000 contigs
E) no contigs

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