Organisms have similar genetic systems. This has led to advances in which fields?
pharmaceuticals
agriculture
medicine
all of the above
Organisms do not have similar genetic systems.
Location: 1.1 Genetics Is Important to Individuals, to Society, and to the Study of
Biology
Page 4
Concept Check 1
Which of the following is NOT a major division of genetics?
transmission genetics
molecular genetics
agricultural genetics
population genetics
Location: 1.1 Genetics Is Important to Individuals, to Society, and to the Study of
Biology
Divisions of Genetics
Page 5 and Figure 1.6
Which of the following is not a model genetic organism?
budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster
human beings, Homo sapiens
worm, Caenorhabditis elegans
weed, Arabidopsis thaliana
Location: 1.1 Genetics Is Important to Individuals, to Society, and to the Study of
Biology
Model Genetic Organisms
Pages 5-7 and Figure 1.7
Concept Check 2
Which of the following are traits that a model genetic organism should have?
slow generation time
easily defined characteristics
small number of progeny
requires highly technical equipment to be studied
easily studied outdoors
