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Q1) The genetic code is redundant because there are many functional RNAs the rib

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Question

Q1) The genetic code is redundant because

   there are many functional RNAs
   the ribosome contains many proteins and few RNAs
   the wobble position, and multiple codons for the same amino acid
   there are multiple stop codons, and conserved tRNA structure

Q2) Sister chromatids are formed during ___ and separate during ___.

   S phase; meiosis 2
   G1 phase; mitosis
   S phase; G2 phase
   S phase; meiosis 1
   G1 phase; meiosis 2

Q3) How are the ends of linear chromosomes protected?

   By phosphorylation
   By telomerase adding many copies of a specific repeated DNA sequence
   By a polyA tail
   We don't yet know
   By circularization

Q4) A new student researcher finds a short winged fly in the lunch room. He takes it back to the lab and decides to cross it with a fly with normal long wings. He counts in the offspring 450 short winged flies and 450 flies with normal long wings. Is the short winged mutation dominant or recessive? And what kind of cross was this?

   Recessive; self cross
   Recessive; back cross
   There's not enough information to tell
   Dominant; test cross
   Dominant; self cross

Explanation / Answer

1. the wobble position, and multiple codons for the same amino acid

The genetic code is redundant because sometimes a single amino acid is coded by many codons.

2. S phase; meiosis 2

Sister chromatids are formed during S phase and separate during meiosis 2.

3. By telomerase adding many copies of a specific repeated DNA sequence

telomerase enzyme prevents loss of the ends of DNA.