AP Biology Chapter 17 Questions
Campbell's Biology, 9e (Reece et al.) Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein The text for Chapter 17 has remained largely unchanged from the previous edition. However, one-third of the following questions are new, and considerably more are at the skill level of analysis and application. Multiple-Choice Questions 1) Which of the following variations on translation would be most disadvantageous for a cell? A) translating polypeptides directly from DNA B) using fewer kinds of tRNA C) having only one stop codon D) lengthening the half-life of mRNA E) having a second codon (besides AUG) as a start codon Answer: A Topic: Concept 17.1 Skill: Application/Analysis 2) Garrod hypothesized that "inborn errors of metabolism" such as alkaptonuria occur because