Conceptual Integrated Science
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780135197394
Author: Hewitt, Paul G., LYONS, Suzanne, (science Teacher), Suchocki, John, Yeh, Jennifer (jennifer Jean)
Publisher: PEARSON EDUCATION (COLLEGE)
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Chapter 16, Problem 1RCC
What is a gene?
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The meaning of the term gene.
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A gene can be defined as the sequence of DNA (Deoxyribose nucleic acid) that codes for a particular type of protein or polypeptide. Genes are the functional segments of DNA.
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A gene can be defined as the functional segment or sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA. Genes code for specific molecules that are required for operating various functions in the body of an organism. The total of all the genes constitutes the gene pool of an organism. Genes are responsible for the formation of different sequences of DNA called genotypes. Genes are present on the chromosomes and contain various types of the necessary information that passes from one generation to the next generation. Genes are responsible for the specific traits in an organism.
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Chapter 16 Solutions
Conceptual Integrated Science
Ch. 16 - What is a gene?Ch. 16 - Why do proteins determine many of an organisms...Ch. 16 - How is DNA packaged into chromosomes?Ch. 16 - What is the difference between a diploid cell and...Ch. 16 - How is DNA copied?Ch. 16 - Prob. 6RCCCh. 16 - How does RNA differ from DNA?Ch. 16 - Prob. 8RCCCh. 16 - What is a codon?Ch. 16 - Describe the role of tRNA in translation.
Ch. 16 - What are the two main causes of genetic mutations?Ch. 16 - What is a point mutation?Ch. 16 - What is a frameshift mutation, and what is its...Ch. 16 - What is crossing over? Why is crossing over...Ch. 16 - What are the products of meiosis?Ch. 16 - What is the difference between a dominant trait...Ch. 16 - Prob. 17RCCCh. 16 - Prob. 18RCCCh. 16 - Prob. 19RCCCh. 16 - What is pleiotropy?Ch. 16 - How many genes does a human have?Ch. 16 - What is an SNP?Ch. 16 - Is cancer usually the result of a single genetic...Ch. 16 - What does it mean for a cancer to have...Ch. 16 - Prob. 25RCCCh. 16 - Use examples to describe how genetically modified...Ch. 16 - Prob. 27RCCCh. 16 - Describe some of the safety, social, and ethical...Ch. 16 - Why is DNA described as a double helix?Ch. 16 - How is DNA like a ladder? What are the sides of...Ch. 16 - What are the four nucleotides found in DNA? How do...Ch. 16 - Prob. 32TISCh. 16 - Why can very high temperatures be a problem for...Ch. 16 - Prob. 34TISCh. 16 - Explain how DNA is damaged by exposure to...Ch. 16 - Which cells are most vulnerable to ionizing...Ch. 16 - Why is radiation used to treat some forms of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 38TISCh. 16 - Prob. 39TISCh. 16 - Prob. 43TCCh. 16 - Lets assume that human height is a polygenic trait...Ch. 16 - Prob. 45TCCh. 16 - If an organisms diploid cells have 64 chromosomes,...Ch. 16 - One strand of DNA has the nucleotide sequence...Ch. 16 - A section of DNA with the nucleotide sequence...Ch. 16 - Suppose an mRNA molecule with the nucleotide...Ch. 16 - Suppose an mRNA molecule has the nucleotide...Ch. 16 - Suppose an mRNA molecule has the nucleotide...Ch. 16 - You have a pea plant with round seeds. Can you say...Ch. 16 - A woman carries an allele for red-green...Ch. 16 - What is the difference between genotype and...Ch. 16 - Prob. 55TECh. 16 - Is your finger made of diploid cells or haploid...Ch. 16 - Why do some of your cells have only 23 chromosomes...Ch. 16 - What kind of sex chromosomes do you have? Where in...Ch. 16 - Do different types of cells in your body have...Ch. 16 - Prob. 60TECh. 16 - Prob. 61TECh. 16 - Prob. 62TECh. 16 - Explain why scientists initially thought that...Ch. 16 - Prob. 64TECh. 16 - When DNA is copied, why isnt there an old molecule...Ch. 16 - Prob. 66TECh. 16 - How is transcription similar to DNA replication?...Ch. 16 - We compared mRNA processing to editing aggfr...Ch. 16 - Prob. 69TECh. 16 - Prob. 70TECh. 16 - Are point mutations in the first, second, and...Ch. 16 - Why is a frameshift mutation more likely to...Ch. 16 - You are studying two different mutations in a gene...Ch. 16 - You are studying two different mutations in a gene...Ch. 16 - Prob. 75TECh. 16 - Survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and...Ch. 16 - How can the same two parents produce children that...Ch. 16 - Prob. 78TECh. 16 - Prob. 79TECh. 16 - Explain how a trait can skip generations.Ch. 16 - If you have dimples, will all your children have...Ch. 16 - Is it possible for two parents with widows peaks...Ch. 16 - Prob. 83TECh. 16 - You are in an accident and you need a blood...Ch. 16 - Universal receivers are people who can safely...Ch. 16 - Why are there more color-blind men than...Ch. 16 - Does all your DNA code for proteins?Ch. 16 - Prob. 88TECh. 16 - Cancer is caused by genes gone awryyet cancer is...Ch. 16 - Are older people or younger people more likely to...Ch. 16 - Prob. 91TECh. 16 - Prob. 92TECh. 16 - Prob. 93TECh. 16 - How can genetic engineering help humans adapt to...Ch. 16 - How might genetic engineering affect the human...Ch. 16 - What is a superweed? Explain the benefits and...Ch. 16 - Write a letter to Grandpa telling him about...Ch. 16 - What are the three types of RNA, and what is the...Ch. 16 - You friend Stacie says, I understand how a point...Ch. 16 - Listen to this, your friend says, reading from a...Ch. 16 - Does the process of meiosis explain Mendels two...Ch. 16 - In the case of linked genes, explain why two genes...Ch. 16 - You learned that when red snapdragons are bred...Ch. 16 - Artemisinin is a powerful antimalaria drug....Ch. 16 - Prob. 105TDICh. 16 - If an organisms haploid cells have 10 chromosomes,...Ch. 16 - One strand of DNA has the sequence AGCCTG. The...Ch. 16 - Prob. 3RATCh. 16 - Which type of mutation describes the substitution...Ch. 16 - Prob. 5RATCh. 16 - In humans, having dimples is a dominant trait...Ch. 16 - Prob. 7RATCh. 16 - More than 99.9 of the human genome a carries...Ch. 16 - Prob. 9RATCh. 16 - Prob. 10RAT
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