Pierce College » Anthropology » Anthropology 101 - Human Biological Evolution » Winter 2020

Question #1

Somatic cells include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. neurons.

B. lung cells.

C. gametes.

D. skin cells.

Question #2

Proteins consist of:

A. chains of DNA nucleotides.

B. genes.

C. chains of amino acids.

D. RNA plus mRNA.

Question #3

RNA differs from DNA in that it uses:

A. uracil instead of guanine.

B. uracil instead of thymine.

C. guanine instead of uracil.

D. uracil instead of adenine.

Question #4

In his work on pea plants, Mendel found that plant height was inherited independently of the type or color of the seed coat. This finding:

A. explains gene linkage.

B. demonstrates the law of independent assortment.

C. explains inheritance only in simple organisms.

D. applies only to genes on the same chromosome.

Question #5

Microsatellites are:

A. useful for determining group but not individual identification.

B. highly individualized repetitive stretches of nuclear DNA.

C. small satellite transmitters used in genetic research.

D. known from Watson and Crick’s 1950’s research.