General Knowledge
What is the largest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
These single-celled organisms lack a membrane-bound nucleus.
prokaryotes
In DNA, adenine pairs with this nitrogenous base.
Thymine
McMaster's varsity sports teams are known by this name.
Marauders
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific ocean
This bacterial structure enables movement through liquid environments by rotating like a tiny propeller.
Flagella
If a mutation changes a codon into a stop codon before the end of the coding sequence, this type of mutation has occurred.
Nonsense mutation
What building has the biology department been relocated to?
General Science Building (GSB)
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
Bacteria can take up free DNA released into their surroundings through this process of horizontal gene transfer.
Transformation
If nondisjunction occurs during meiosis, what type of genetic abnormality can result?
Aneuploidy
One-fifth of this famous scientist's brain is preserved in a jar of alcohol in a McMaster science lab.
Albert Einstein
What was the first YouTube video ever uploaded about?
A visit to the zoo
These prokaryotes are evolutionarily distinct from bacteria and include organisms that live in extreme environments.
Archaea
A genetic cross produces offspring with a 9:3:4 phenotypic ratio instead of the classic 9:3:3:1 ratio. What type of gene interaction could explain this?
Recessive epistasis
Before Hamilton became its home, McMaster University was originally founded in this Canadian city.
Toronto
Which country was formerly known as Ceylon?
Sri Lanka
In a bacterial growth curve, cells have adapted to their environment but have not yet begun dividing at their maximum rate. Which phase are they in?
lag phase
A DNA template strand reads 3′-TAC GGA CTT-5′. What is the corresponding mRNA sequence?
5′-AUG CCU GAA-3′
This McMaster graduate directed Ghostbusters and Animal House
Ivan Reitman