Name the general category into which

double-stranded circular extrachromosomal

DNA elements such as F factors and R
would fall.

A. capsid
B. plasmid
C. partial diploid
D. plaque
The condition that exists when an organism
gains or loses one or more chromosomes
but not a complete haploid set is known as
________.

A. trisomy
B. aneuploidy
C. polyploidy
D. triploidy
Bacteriophages engage in two interactive
cycles with bacteria. What are these cycles?

A. auxotrophic and prototrophic

B. lytic and lysogenic
C. heteroduplex and homoduplex
D. negative and positive
E. insertion and replication
A genomic condition that may be
responsible for some forms of fragile X
syndrome, as well as Huntington disease,
involves ________.

A. single translocations in the X chromosome

B. multiple breakpoints fairly evenly dispersed
along the X chromosome
C. multiple inversions in the X chromosome
D. various lengths of trinucleotide repeats
The clearing circle made by bacteriophages
in a "lawn" of bacteria on an agar plate is
called a ________.

A. lysogenic zone
B. plaque
C. host range
D. prophage
Transduction is a form of recombination in
bacteria that involves ________.

A. physical contact between the

bacteria involved
B. plasmids
C. fertility factors
D. bacteriophages
Name two forms of recombination in
bacteria

A. mixed and generalized

B. insertion and replication
C. auxotrophic and prototrophic
D. conjugation and transduction
E. lytic and lysogenic
The condition that exists when an organism
gains one or more sets of complete haploid
is known as ________.

A. trisomy
B. aneuploidy
C. polyploidy
D. triploidy
Although the most frequent forms of Down
syndrome are caused by a random error,
nondisjunction of chromosome 21, Down
syndrome occasionally runs in families. The
cause of this form of familial Down
syndrome is ________.
A. a maternal age effect
B. too many X chromosomes
C. a translocation between chromosome 21
and another chromosome
D. an inversion involving chromosome 21
A bacteriophage that is capable of entering
either a lytic or lysogenic cycle is called a(n)
________.

A. virulent bacteriophage
B. plaque-forming unit
C. temperate bacteriophage
D. plasmid