Chapter 9: End of Chapter Quiz

1.	Why is it accurate to think of each human being as the owner of a library of ancient information?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
2.	People who are born with the condition called Down syndrome generally have three copies of a certain chromosome (chromosome 21), rather than the usual two copies. What can you deduce from this regarding the proteins produced by a person with Down syndrome?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
3.	Given the conceptualization of genetics as information management, what would you predict about the relative size of the human genome as opposed to the genome of a bacterium? What about the human genome compared to that of a flowering plant?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.