Zoology
Which of the following are nitrogenous bases of DNA?
a) Cystine and Taurine
b) Glycerine and Argenine
c) Adenine and Thymine
d) Guanidine and Carotene
c) Adenine and Thymine
Who laid the foundation of genetics using peas
a) Darwin
b) Mendel
c) Crick
d) Mendelev
b) Mendel
What is an allele
one of two or more alternatives of a gene
What is the name of the Connacht rugby stadium
Dexcom stadium
What is the main function of the notochord?
a) Conducting nerve impulses
b) Skeletal support
c) Digestion
d) Nitrogen excretion
b) Skeletal support
What are transposons
a) Pieces of parasitic DNA which copy and paste around genome
b) Structural proteins that help in DNA replication
c) Enzymes that repair damaged DNA
d) RNA molecules that regulate gene expression
a) Pieces of parasitic DNA which copy and paste around genome
What is a locus
A specific place on a chromosome occupied by an allele
What is the summer sport of Canada
lacrosse
Which type of cells form the myelin sheaths around axons
a) Schwann cells
b) Astrocytes
c) Adjacent nerve cells
d) Muscle cells
a) Schwann cells
What was the first plant to have its genome sequenced
a) Maize
b) Oryza
c) Arapidopsis
d) Potato
Consider two parents both heterozygous for albinism (Aa) What is the probability of having three children with albinism?
1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4 = 1/64
Which has a higher population Italy or Spain
Italy
Earthworms belong to which Phylum?
a) Platyhelminthes
b) Mollusca
c) Annelida
d) Arthropoda
c) Annelida
What is the Green revolution
Name the three basic categories of chromosome mutation
(1) chromosome rearrangements, (2) aneuploidy
and (3) polyploidy.
Justin Bieber was born in London True or False
True
Developmental genes are
a) usually highly variable.
b) never expressed.
c) usually highly conserved.
d) found mainly in the mitochondrial genome
c) usually highly conserved.
When did the domestication of plants occur
13,000 years ago
What is Robertsonian translation
The long arms of two acrocentric
chromosomes become joined to a
common centromere through a
translocation, generating a
metacentric chromosome with two
long arms and another chromosome
with two very short arms
What African country used to be called Rhodesia
Zimbabwe