Chapter 22: Applications and Ethics of Biotechnology

  1. If four different VNTR alleles have frequencies of 1 in 10, 1 in 20, 1 in 50, and 1 in 500 in a population of 250 million, how many people would have all four alleles?
    1. 1
    2. 5
    3. 50
    4. 500
    5. 5000
  2. A DNA microarray can be constructed from many
    1. ASOs.
    2. FISHs.
    3. RFLPs.
    4. STRs.
    5. VNTRs.
  3. The Δ508 deletion is a mutation that causes
    1. leukemia.
    2. cystic fibrosis.
    3. sickle-cell anemia.
    4. diabetes.
    5. Alzheimer disease.