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Genetic maps have landmarks known as
a) RFLPs                              
b) genetic markers
c) Satellites                           
d) primers

b

Explanation: A sequence of DNA with a known physical location on a chromosome.


Which of the following are commonly used DNA markers?
a) RFLPs and VNTRs                        
b) microsatellite polymorphism
c) SNPs or single nucleotide polymorphisms
d) all of these

d

Due to rapid development of genome studies, a new branch of biotechnology has emerged called………..
a) genetics                            
b) genomics
c) molecular biology
d) genetic engineering

b

Explanation: Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment


Genomics is the branch of biotechnology which deals with……..
a) exploration of DNA sequence     
b) analysis of DNA sequence
c) to study the inheritance pattern  
d) both a and b

d

The field of genomics was not really possible until the publication of the genome of ……..
a) Nocardia otitidis                                             
b) Haemophilus influenze
c) Staphylococcus aureus                 
d) Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

b

Who had sequenced the first Bacteriophage genome?
a) Fred Sanger     
b) Gilbert
c) Watson and Crick
d) Maxam

a

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