Controlling the Code

Question 1

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

Your answerChoice

Unrelated people

Cousins

Non-identical twins

Selected

Identical twins

Question 2

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

Your answerChoice

Gene silencing

Selected

Gene expression

Experimentation

Phenotypic development

Question 3

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

Your answerChoice

Genetic

Selected

Environmental

Epigenetic

Energetic

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

Agouti gene

Selected

Glucocorticoid receptor gene

Foot fungus gene

Smell receptor gene

Question 5

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

Your answerChoice

Phenotype

Selected

Illness

Agouti

Methyl group

Question 6

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

Your answerChoice

Gene silencing

Identical twins

Selected

Illness

Epigenetics