Controlling the Code

Question 1

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

Your answerChoice

Cousins

Selected

Identical twins

Unrelated people

Non-identical twins

Question 2

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

Your answerChoice

Phenotypic development

Experimentation

Gene silencing

Selected

Gene expression

Question 3

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

Your answerChoice

Genetic

Energetic

Environmental

Selected

Epigenetic

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

Smell receptor gene

Foot fungus gene

Glucocorticoid receptor gene

Agouti gene

Question 5

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

Your answerChoice

Phenotype

Illness

Agouti

Selected

Methyl group

Question 6

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

Your answerChoice

Epigenetics

Selected

Illness

Identical twins

Gene silencing