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Here is a multiple choice for you:
Which of the following is NOT a type of genetic mutation?
A. point
B. silent
C. Insertion
D. frameshift
E. None of the above are types of genetic mutations
Answer: (according to Kaplan subject test answer key)
"E is correct. Point mutations occur when a single nucleotide base is substituted by another. A silent mutation is a point mutation that occurs in a noncoding region, or it does not change the amino acid sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code. A frameshift mutation is either an insertion or deletion of a number of nucleotides. These mutations have serious effects on the protien coded for, since nucleotides are read as series of triplets. The addition or loss of nucleotides (except in multiples of 3) will change the reading frame of mRNA."
Okay, all of that is TRUE, but E does not sound like a right answer. I read this question about 15 times trying to see if I was just reading it wrong. I got an 'A' in molecular biology, and I think I know genetics inside and out, but this was just screwing with me. Is it possible that there is just a messed up question on this test? And if so, why did I choke up a thousand dollars for this Kaplan DAT stuff?
ONE other thing for those of you who may have taken the DAT already. I've run into two different questions on the practice tests asking essentially the same thing, and each one had a different answer. Here it goes...
"Red is dominant to white in a certain flower. To test whether a red offspring is heterzygous or homozygous in this flower...
A. cross it with a red plant that had a white parent
B. cross it with a red plant that had two red parents
C. cross it with a white plant
D. Two of the above will work
E. None of the above will work
The answer according to Kaplan is C, but in a VERY simillar question on another test, they said the answer could be D. If you have a known heterozygous organism and you cross it with an unknown, you can STILL figure out the genotype, isn't that right? If the unknown is homozygous Dominant (and you crossed it with the KNOWN heterozygote), all the offspring would still be dominent phenotypically, and if the unknown were heterozygous, 1/4 of the offspring would express the recessive trait. What would you predict the actual DAT would accept as the right answer?
Okay that's all for now. Expect more questions later this week.
Which of the following is NOT a type of genetic mutation?
A. point
B. silent
C. Insertion
D. frameshift
E. None of the above are types of genetic mutations
Answer: (according to Kaplan subject test answer key)
"E is correct. Point mutations occur when a single nucleotide base is substituted by another. A silent mutation is a point mutation that occurs in a noncoding region, or it does not change the amino acid sequence due to the degeneracy of the genetic code. A frameshift mutation is either an insertion or deletion of a number of nucleotides. These mutations have serious effects on the protien coded for, since nucleotides are read as series of triplets. The addition or loss of nucleotides (except in multiples of 3) will change the reading frame of mRNA."
Okay, all of that is TRUE, but E does not sound like a right answer. I read this question about 15 times trying to see if I was just reading it wrong. I got an 'A' in molecular biology, and I think I know genetics inside and out, but this was just screwing with me. Is it possible that there is just a messed up question on this test? And if so, why did I choke up a thousand dollars for this Kaplan DAT stuff?
ONE other thing for those of you who may have taken the DAT already. I've run into two different questions on the practice tests asking essentially the same thing, and each one had a different answer. Here it goes...
"Red is dominant to white in a certain flower. To test whether a red offspring is heterzygous or homozygous in this flower...
A. cross it with a red plant that had a white parent
B. cross it with a red plant that had two red parents
C. cross it with a white plant
D. Two of the above will work
E. None of the above will work
The answer according to Kaplan is C, but in a VERY simillar question on another test, they said the answer could be D. If you have a known heterozygous organism and you cross it with an unknown, you can STILL figure out the genotype, isn't that right? If the unknown is homozygous Dominant (and you crossed it with the KNOWN heterozygote), all the offspring would still be dominent phenotypically, and if the unknown were heterozygous, 1/4 of the offspring would express the recessive trait. What would you predict the actual DAT would accept as the right answer?
Okay that's all for now. Expect more questions later this week.