Chapter 11 HW

Question 1

Each fragment of double stranded DNA can have _____ potential open reading frames

Answer 1

6

Question 2

_____ copies RNA into DNA

Answer 2

reverse transcriptase

Question 3

The exome

Answer 3

• is about 2% of the genome
• represents the exons of the various genes

Question 4

Gene deserts

Answer 4

are regions of over 1 million base pairs with no genes

Question 5

Paralogous genes

Answer 5

are related genes in the same species