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BioChem C785 - WGU - Module 1 - all Questions and Correct Answers Rated A+ A couple has 6 children, 4 girls and 2 boys, all of whom have prominent chin dimples. If only the mother has a prominent ... chin dimple, what is the likely inheritance pattern for the chin dimple? Correct Answer- autosomal dominance A man and woman with both type O blood have 4 children, what will be the blood types of their children? Correct Answer- 100% type O A patient with xeroderma pigmentosum is prone to developing multiple skin cancers starting in childhood. This occurs because of a mutation in a gene that codes for enzymes that help repair DNA damage through the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways. How does the NER differ from other repair mechanisms? Correct Answer- The error in one strand of DNA is removed as well as several nucleotides on either side of the error. The gap that was removed is filled in by DNA polymerase. A research scientist is trying to create a new strain of bacteria that can produce a protein needed for her research. What molecule will act as a template in creating the new protein? Correct Answer- messenger RNA (mRNA) A woman is homozygous for an abnormal gene on Chromosome 2 that codes for an autosomal dominant disease. This means that she Correct Answer- will have the disease An inherited autosomal recessive disease Correct Answer- can only occur if both parents carry at least one abnormal gene Blood is what type of inheritance? Correct Answer- codominanceDNA polymerase is involved in DNA replication. DNA polymerase Correct Answer- adds nucleotides to the new NDA strand in the 5'-3' direction DNA replication is semiconservative, which allows each of the 2 strands to serve as a template for the new strands Correct Answer- true Epigenetics: access to the promoter region of a gene by transcription factors is affected, environmental stimuli control gene expression, and gene expression is influenced by chemical modifications of the DNA and/or histone proteins Correct Answer- True Hemophilia is an x-linked recessive condition Correct Answer- a person with at least one normal X chromosome without the hemophilia gene will not show signs of hemophilia Histone proteins can be chemically modified by addition of methyl group. As a result, nucleosomes pack tightly and the process of transcription is decreased at those DNA sites Correct Answer- True How many amino acids, and which ones, would be encoded by the following mRNA sequence: 5'- AUGACUCCCGGG -3' Correct Answer- 4: MET, THR, PRO, GLY In Kevin's case, a specific kind of mutation in the opsin gene resulted in the premature termination of the translation process. This resulted in shorter opsin protein than usual. What specific mutation could have caused this? Correct Answer- Nonsense mutation Maternal smoking during pregnancy is hazardous yet common in many places. Many studies have associated prenatal smoking to unhealthy physical and psychological outcomes for the baby. Researchers know that maternal smoking affects are epigenetic in nature. Which event can be considered epigenetic in nature? Correct Answer- Changes in chromatin structure Mutation to the DNA strand that consists of a nucleotide sequence: 5'- CTG ACG TAT CTT AAT - 3' Correct Answer- 5'- CTG ACG TAA CTT AAT-3'One strand of chromosome 2 has a DNA sequence that consists of: 5'- AAG CGG TAC GTA -3'. What will be the sequence of the complementary DNA strand? Correct Answer- 5' - TAC GTA CCG CTT -3 [Show More]

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