Human Genome Project
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Questions 7 MCQs
A sequential expression of a set of human genes occurs when a steroid molecule binds to the:
1. transfer RNA
2. messenger RNA
3. DNA sequence
4. ribosome
Which one of the following is used as a vector for cloning genes into higher organisms?
1. Baculovirus
2. Salmonella typhimurium
3. Rhizopus nigricans
4. Retrovirus
Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) refers to:
| 1. | Novel DNA sequence | 2. | Genes expressed as RNA |
| 3. | Polypeptide expression | 4. | DNA polymorphism |
If a geneticist uses the blind approach for sequencing the whole genome of an organism, followed by assignment of function to different segments, the methodology adopted by him is called as:
1. Bioinformatics
2. Sequence annotation
3. Gene mapping
4. Expressed sequence tags
1. Certain important expressed genes.
2. All genes that are expressed as RNA.
3. All genes that are expressed as proteins.
4. All genes whether expressed or unexpressed
| 1. | Probe | 2. | BAC |
| 3. | YAC | 4. | PBR322 |
| 1. | Chromosome 1 | 2. | Chromosome 10 |
| 3. | Chromosome X | 4. | Chromosome Y |
Preparing Human Genome Project for NEET
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