Controlling the Code

Question 1

What are two people that share the exact same DNA sequences called?

Your answerChoice

Identical twins

Unrelated people

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Non-identical twins

Cousins

Question 2

What is the process by which a gene is translated into RNA and subsequently translated into protein? 

Your answerChoice

Experimentation

Phenotypic development

Gene silencing

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Gene expression

Question 3

What type of mechanisms can turn gene expression on or off? 

Your answerChoice

Epigenetic

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Environmental

Energetic

Genetic

Question 4

Which of the following genes has not been studied in rodents. Specifically, which gene is not known to produce different phenotypes when epigenetically regulated?

Your answerChoice

Foot fungus gene

Selected

Smell receptor gene

Agouti gene

Glucocorticoid receptor gene

Question 5

What chemical compound can bind to DNA and affect gene expression?

Your answerChoice

Phenotype

Illness

Selected

Methyl group

Agouti

Question 6

What is a disease or a duration of sickness that affects the body, the mind, or both?

Your answerChoice

Illness

Epigenetics

Identical twins

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Gene silencing