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Ch.1 Introduction to Genetics
Ch.2 Mendel's Laws of Inheritance
Ch.3 Extensions to Mendelian Inheritance
Ch.4 Genetic Mapping and Linkage
Ch.5 Genetics of Bacteria and Viruses
Ch.6 Chromosomal Variation
Ch.7 DNA and Chromosome Structure
Ch.8 DNA Replication
Ch.9 Mitosis and Meiosis
Ch.10 Transcription
Ch.11 Translation
Ch.12 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes
Ch.13 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
Ch.14 Genetic Control of Development
Ch.15 Genomes and Genomics
Ch.16 Transposable Elements
Ch.17 Mutation, Repair, and Recombination
Ch.18 Molecular Genetic Tools
Ch.19 Cancer Genetics
Ch.20 Quantitative Genetics
Ch.21 Population Genetics
Ch.22 Evolutionary Genetics
Sections
DNA as the Genetic Material
DNA Structure
Alternative DNA Forms
RNA
Bacterial and Viral Chromosome Structure
Eukaryotic Chromosome Structure
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Concept #1: History and Experiments

Practice: The tetranucleotide hypothesis stated what?

Practice: The Avery, Macleod, and McCarty experiment in 1944 figured out what?

Practice: The Hershey/Chase experiments in 1952 use bacteriophages to study what?

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Additional Problems
Which statement about the genomes of organisms is false?a) Most of the DNA in a bacterium codes for either RNA or protein.b) Noncoding regions of the DNA have higher mutation rates than coding regions.c) There is some correlation between genome size and complexity of the organism.d) Pseudogenes evolved from functional genes.e) The total size of the genome of eukaryotes varies little from organism to organism.