The next three questions reference the following scenario.  The scenario will be repeated for your reference and the unique question will be at the bottom of the scenario. Researchers placed a population of 160 tree-climbing salamanders on an island that had no trees. They measured the length of the individuals in the initial population (top graph). Twenty years later, the researchers returned to the island. They measured the length of the salamanders they found on the island (bottom graph). They saw the pattern in body size below: Question: Can researchers be sure the population evolved?

Week 6: Gene Expression

SA2c.   Evolution is the same as ‘survival of the fittest’.

 A wristwatch suddenly stops working. After replacing the battery, the watch starts working again. Which of the following statements correctly describes the situation from the perspective of the scientific method?

Animal cells have diverse types of cytoskeleton including all of the following EXCEPT

You’ve transformed Agrobacterium tumefaciens with a modified Ti plasmid.  Within the T-DNA boundaries, the plasmid carries no gall-inducing genes but DOES contain a general plant promoter upstream of a gene of interest that you’d like to transfer to the plant.  What would you expect to happen if these engineered Agrobacteria were placed on a plant at the site of a wound? 

Part 2: Short Answer Section

Unlike in bacteria, eukaryotes often have _________ located far upstream (e.g. 100’s to 1000’s of bp upstream) of the gene.

Week 8: Genetic Technology Match the labeled features of the plasmid below (A – F) with the possible answers (1 – 10).  NOTE: All letters will have ONE numbered answer.  NOT all numbered answers will be used.  

The first part of protein that is made is referred to as the