MI CFA: Unit 2 — Screen Your Genes

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1. 1. On a pedigree, two unaffected parents have a child who is affected by a trait. The trait is most likely:

   ARecessiveBDominantCImpossible to inheritDPurely environmental

2. 2. In PCR, the primers determine:

   AWhere copying starts on the template DNABThe color of the final gelCThe patient's ageDThe name of the enzyme

3. 3. On an expression heat map, the color of each cell most directly shows a gene's:

   ARelative mRNA expression levelBDNA sequenceCProtein 3D shapeDThe patient's blood type

4. 4. A viral vector in gene therapy is used to:

   ADeliver a working gene into a patient's cellsBInfect the patient with a new disease on purposeCRemove all of the cell's DNADSequence the whole genome

5. 5. Which order moves correctly from molecule to care?

   ADetect the variant, confirm it, then counsel or treatBTreat first, then testCCounsel, then ignore the dataDPick a treatment at random

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