A Region of a Chromosome Contains Two Strands of DNA,yet

question 41

Multiple Choice

A region of a chromosome contains two strands of DNA,yet only one is used to transcribe a gene because

• A) RNA polymerase binds to the promoter, which precedes the gene only on the template strand of DNA.
• B) the start of transcription is random along the chromosome and doesn't always occur on a gene.
• C) RNA polymerase binds to the terminator, stopping transcription on one strand of DNA.
• D) all genes are found on the same strand of DNA in a chromosome.
• E) both strands are transcribed, but only one strand of DNA contains a reading frame.

Demonstrate an understanding of the correct use of apostrophes in plural forms.

Recognize correct spelling in the context of a sentence.

Distinguish between correct and incorrect spellings of commonly mistaken plurals.

Apply rules of noun pluralization correctly in writing.

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Definitions:

Z-test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two variables, based on a normal distribution.

Chi-squared Distribution

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Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine if sample data fits a distribution from a population with a normal distribution.

Contingency Table

A type of table used in statistics to summarize the relationship between several categorical variables, showing the frequencies at which certain combinations of variables occur.