8. A mutant that has a nutritional requirement for growth is an example of a(n)
A) heterotroph
B) auxotroph
C) autotroph
D) organotroph
9. In the Ames test the number of histidine auxotroph colonies growing on me
lacking histidine when exposed to a potential chemical mutagen is
proportional to the likelihood that the chemical is mutagenic.
A) Directly
B) Inversely
10. Thymine dimers result from
A) ionizing radiation
B) nucleoside analogs
C) non-ionizing radiation
D) none of the above
12. RecA proteins are NOT required for homologous recombination?
A) True
B) False
13. Increasing genetic variability by the uptake of DNA from the environme
A) transduction
B) transformation
C) a mutation
D) conjugation
14. Which of the following features are common to transformation, trans
conjugation?
(1) unidirectional transfer of genes
(2) incomplete gene transfer
(3) homologous recombination
(4) meiosis occurring in the recipient
A) 1, 2, 4
B) 1, 2, 3
C) 3,4
D) 1,2
15. What is unique about transduction compared to normal bacteriop
A) The bacteriophage takes fragments of the cell proteins with
transduction