Help with Chromosome Structure and Function

Practice Questions

GRE Subject Test: Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology › Help with Chromosome Structure and Function

Questions
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1

Which of the following would be affected by inhibiting a cell's ability to perform reverse transcription?

2

What is a telomere?

3

Which of the following histone proteins is NOT in the nucleosome core of chromatin?

4

Which of the following are not true about homologous pairs of chromosomes?

5

The __________ is the end of a chromosome that is elongated by an enzyme known as __________.

6

During interphase, the genome is packed into chromatin, a complex of DNA and protein that orders the DNA. Most of the chromatin is loosely packed but certain regions a highly condensed. What is this condensed chromatin called?

7

You have discovered a new species of fish with a diploid number of 116. The gametes of this organism, just like human gametes, are haploid. You also discover that each gamete has 2 sex chromosomes, and sex of the zygote is determined by various combinations of the 4 possible sex chromosomes. What is the number of autosomes in a gamete of this new species?

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