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Set 21 Genomes And Their Evolution

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Question 1

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If genome size varies,with humans at 2900 Mb,a specific member of the lily family at 120 000 Mb,and a yeast at 13 Mb,what does this tell us?

A)Size matters less than gene density.
B)Size does not compare to gene density.
C)Size is not correlated with the organism's phenotype.
D)Size is mostly due to "junk" DNA.
E)Size is comparable only within phyla.

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Question 2

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Why is it unwise to try to relate an organism's complexity with its size or number of cells?

A)A very large organism may be composed of very few cells or very few cell types.
B)A single-celled organism, such as a bacterium or a protist, still has to conduct all the complex life functions of a large multicellular organism.
C)A single-celled organism that is also eukaryotic, such as a yeast, still reproduces mitotically.
D)A simple organism can have a much larger genome.
E)A complex organism can have a very small and simple genome.

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Question 3

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Which procedure is not required when the shotgun approach to sequencing is modified as sequencing by synthesis,in which many small fragments are sequenced simultaneously?

A)use of restriction enzymes
B)sequencing each fragment
C)cloning each fragment into a plasmid
D)ordering the sequences
E)PCR amplification

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