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23 - Practice Tests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

James N. Thompson, Jr ,
Jenna J. Hellack ,
Gerald Braver  and
David S. Durica
James N. Thompson, Jr
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
Jenna J. Hellack
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
Gerald Braver
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
David S. Durica
Affiliation:
University of Oklahoma
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MITOSIS AND MEIOSIS

Multiple Choice

Please select the single best answer for each of the following questions.

  1. A human cell at prophase II of meiosis will normally have how many centromeres? (a) 46, (b) 45, (c) 92, (d) 23, (e) none of the above.

  2. An individual carries a pair of homologous chromosomes, A and a. A cell at mitotic metaphase or at metaphase I of meiosis has (a) one A and one a chromosome, (b) two A and two a chromosomes, (c) four A and four a chromosomes, (d) none of the above.

  3. A cell from the same individual at metaphase II of meiosis has (a) one A and one a chromosome, (b) either one A or one a chromosome, (c) two A and two a chromosomes, (d) either two A or two a chromosomes.

  4. Bivalents are seen (a) at prophase I of meiosis, (b) at prophase II of meiosis, (c) at prophase of mitosis, (d) at prophase I of meiosis and at prophase of mitosis, (e) at prophase II of meiosis and at prophase of mitosis, (f) during the interphase just prior to the beginning of meiosis.

  5. Histone proteins are found in (a) eukaryotes only, (b) bacteria only, (c) viruses only, (d) both eukaryotes and bacteria, but not viruses.

  6. Centromeres associated with duplicated chromosomes (sister chromatids) do not divide during (a) mitotic anaphase, (b) anaphase I of meiosis, (c) anaphase II of meiosis.

  7. A chromosome with a long arm and a short arm is called (a) telocentric, (b) egocentric, (c) epicentric, (d) metacentric, (e) acrocentric, (f) paracentric, (g) chromocentric.

  8. […]

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Primer of Genetic Analysis
A Problems Approach
 , pp. 236 - 254
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2007

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