Overall, There Is More Genetic Difference Between _______ Than There

question 57

Multiple Choice

Overall, there is more genetic difference between _______ than there is _______.

• A) members of different races / between members of the same race
• B) contemporary Californians / between contemporary Africans
• C) members of the same race / between members of different races
• D) the races / within them
• E) the races / between humans and chimps

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Definitions:

Conjugal Gene Transfer

A process in bacteria where genetic material is transferred between bacterial cells through direct contact.

Binary Fission

A method of asexual reproduction seen in prokaryotic organisms and some single-celled eukaryotes, where a cell divides into two genetically identical daughter cells.

Conjugation

(1) A sexual process in ciliate protists that involves exchange of haploid nuclei with another cell. (2) A mechanism for DNA exchange in bacteria that involves cell-to-cell contact.

Pathogenic

Capable of causing disease; refers to microorganisms or agents that can produce an illness when they invade a host organism.