Use the Following Information to Answer the Next Few Questions

question 35

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the next few questions.
A group of six students has taken samples of their own cheek cells, purified the DNA, and used a restriction enzyme known to cut at zero, one, or two sites in a particular gene of interest.
-Why might they be conducting such an experiment?

• A) to find the location of this gene in the human genome
• B) to prepare to isolate the chromosome on which the gene of interest is found
• C) to find which of the students has which alleles
• D) to collect population data that can be used to assess natural selection
• E) to collect population data that can be used to study genetic drift

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Definitions:

Eukaryotic

Eukaryotic refers to organisms whose cells contain a nucleus enclosed within membranes, distinguishing them from prokaryotic organisms, which lack a membrane-bound nucleus.

Frame Shift Mutation

A genetic mutation caused by insertions or deletions of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three.

Transcription

The process of synthesizing RNA from a DNA template, a key step in gene expression.

DNA Synthesis

The process of constructing DNA molecules naturally or artificially through the enzyme-driven arrangement of nucleotides in a specific order.