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What is the study of DNA between individuals and between different species?
inheritance
phenotype
genetics
nucleotide
Who was Gregor Mendel?
the person who studied pea plants and proposed hypotheses on the inheritance
the person who started the Human Genome Project
the person who found the Denisovan pink bone and tooth
the person who developed the first DNA sequencing method
Who was Frederick Sanger?
What was Gregor Mendel’s definition of a gene?
a physical characteristic of an organism
all the DNA in an organism’s cell
a unit of heredity that helps determine an organism’s traits
a functional unit of DNA
Which of the following is not true about the Human Genome Project?
It was completed in 2015.
It took over a decade to complete.
It cost over $3 billion.
It was an endeavor to sequence the human genome.
Which of the following is not true about human history based on the genetic information currently known?
Humans outside of Africa share 1-4% of their DNA with Neandertals.
Humans evolved in Africa.
Humans never migrated out into the Pacific Islands.
Several admixed populations exist today.
