1. MBV2010 Colloquium, March 10

2. RULES Multiple choice Only one correct answer 30-60 seconds to answer No textbook, computer, mobile phone, please There will be a prize for the group with the most correct answers.

3. Easter is not on a fixed date. In 2016 it is on a relatively early date. What would be the earliest and latest possible date for Easter Sunday in any year? A March 10 and April 10 B March 21 and April 30 C March 22 and April 25 D March 25 and April 30 0 ?

4. Easter is not on a fixed date. In 2016 it is on a relatively early date. What would be the earliest and latest possible date for Easter Sunday in any year? 0 Full moon

5. Pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis is mediated by A Cohesins B Condensins C Homologous recombination D Cyclins 1

6. Pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis is mediated by 1

7. Which of the following statements is wrong? A Uracil is a pyrimidine base B Virus genomes can have a size of more than 2 million bp C Cytosine is often methylated in DNA D Some bacteriophages are retroviruses 2 ?

8. Which of the following statements is wrong? 2

9. TRF2 is a protein that binds to A Centromeres B Replication forks C Telomeres D Origins of replication 3

10. TRF2 is a protein that binds to 3

11. Which of the following proteins resolves Holliday junctions? A RuvA B RuvB C RecA D Rad51c 4

12. Which of the following proteins resolves Holliday junctions? 4 Rad51c Rad51c and other eukaryotic proteins function like RuvC in E. coli

13. Which protein initiates homologous recombination in meiosis? A Spo11 B Dmc1 C MRX D Rad51 5

14. Which protein initiates homologous recombination in meiosis? 5

15. The reaction mechanism of Spo11 is that of a A serine recombinase B transposase C type II topoisomerase D tyrosine recombinase 6

16. The reaction mechanism of Spo11 is that of a 6

17. What proteins are shown in this figure? A Xis and IHF B Xis and integrase C Integrase and IHF D none of the above 7

18. What proteins are shown in this figure? 7 IHF

19. What are the most abundant transposons in the human genome? 8 A PolyA retrotransposons B DNA transposons C Endogenous retroviruses D LTR retrotransposons

20. What are the most abundant transposons in the human genome? 8

21. Insertion (IS) sequences are 9 A LINE retrotransposons B DNA transposons C LTR retrotransposons D SINE retrotransposons

22. Insertion (IS) sequences are 9

23. Which genome contains Ty transposons? 10 A Human B Drosophila C Yeast D E. coli

24. Which genome contains Ty transposons? 10

25. All transposons 11 A contain terminal repeats B contain a reverse transcriptase gene C contain at least one gene D are flanked by target site duplications

26. All transposons 11

27. The XerC and XerD proteins are involved in 12 A site-specific recombination B transposition C DNA repair D replication

28. The XerC and XerD proteins are involved in 12