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1. Consider the following family history:Bob has a genetic condition that affects his skin. Bob’s wife, Eleanor, has normal skin.
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2. Consider the following family history:Bob has a genetic condition that affects his skin. Bob’s wife, Eleanor, has normal skin.
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3. A phenotypically normal couple seeks genetic counseling because the man's karyotype showed that his chromosomes had a reciprocal
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4. Select the correct explanation for the fact that a carrier of a recessive genetic disorder does not have the disorder.The
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5. Quantitative characters vary in a population along a continuum. How do such characters differ from the characters investigated
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6. There are multiple types of mutations in DNA ________ mutations occur when a single base is changed to a different base pair
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7. Danielle has blonde hair. Her mother has blonde hair and her father has brown hair.Which explains how Danielle inherited her
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8. Mendel crossed tall pea plants with short pea plants. The offspring were all tall plants.Which allele is recessive? Which allele
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9. In a population of weasels, black (B) and white (W) are co-dominant traits. The heterozygous genotype produces black and white
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10. Which statement about deletion mutations is true?(1 point)Responses Deletion mutations can cause diseases such as cystic
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11. So they are both heterozygous for tasting PTC. Sometimes this is called, "Carrying the recessive gene.""Hetero" means ________,
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12. Which of the following is a Recessive individual?Aa AA aa
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13. Which of the following is a Dominant individual?AA aa Aa
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14. Alleles are alternative forms of genes and are represented by twoLetters Numbers
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15. Who knew that having 6 fingers is dominant? Luckily, most everyone has the _______ 5 finger alleles.other Recessive
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16. A dominant trait is NOT always the more common trait becauseA. sometimes the dominant allele is rare ~ so it rarely shows up B.
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17. For each one write homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive or heterozygous for the given allele combination. The first one is
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18. A student is completing a Punnett square for a trait (T/t) that is autosomal and inherited by the dominant allele. The father
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19. Who knew that having 6 fingers is dominant? Luckily, most everyone has the _______ 5 finger alleles.Recessive other
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20. If they CAN taste PTC, they must have at least ONE dominant allele.False True
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21. Which is an example of codominance?(1 point)Responses black and brown spotted coat color in horses black and brown spotted coat
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22. Which of the following is a Dominant individual?A.AA B.Aa C.aa
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23. our DNA codes for your height. So if my DNA says I should have been 6 foot 5, then why am I only 6 foot 1?I told my DNA that I
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24. Arrange the mutations in order starting with #1 at the top of list and #5 at the bottom. Order top to bottom: 1 -2 - 3 - 4 - 5
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25. In horses, the Extension gene helps to determine coat color. The dominant trait (E) produces black pigment in the coat. The
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26. Answer each question in 1 sentence1. DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic Acid. What does DNA carry? What is the shape? 2. What base
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27. Your DNA codes for your height. So if my DNA says I should have been 6 foot 5, then why am I only 6 foot 1?my parents decided
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28. This pedigree shows how a trait is passed on in a family. Males in the pedigree are shown with boxes and females are shown with
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29. The picture shows a family pedigree of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. This pedigree indicates the gender of each
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30. Match the trait to the correct method of inheritance.a.ability to walk b.blue eyes c.skin color d.ability to read
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31. A genetic disease is found in a family that affects the immune system, lungs, heart, and kidneys. A DNA analysis of several
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32. Which is an example of codominance?A. Black and brown spotted coat color in horses B. Seed shape in pea plants C. Black and
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33. QuestionEpistasis is observed when the allele of one gene masks the effects of another gene. Use the Punnett square to answer
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34. Brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue eyes (b). Which of the following would be homozygous dominant for brown eyes? (1 point)•
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35. What is the significance of dominant and recessive genes?
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36. Epistasis is observed when the allele of one gene masks the effects of another gene. Use the Punnett square to answer the
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37. An alternative to the term heterozygous
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38. An alternative to the term homozygous
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39. An allele that is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present
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40. Brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue eyes (b). Which of the following would behomozygous dominant for brown eyes? (1 point) B
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41. Normal-GAG-CTC-GAC-AGA Mutant GAG CTC-CAC-AGA deletion no mutation insertion substitution
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42. In the following image, the gene H codes for black hair, and h codes for red hair. This follows the Mendelian inheritance
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43. 9. Which is the most likely explanation for a child exhibiting a heritable trait that neither parent exhibits?(1 point)Responses
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44. Brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue eyes (b). Which of the following would be homozygous dominant for brown eyes?(1 point)Resp
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45. A chart shows allele combinations for brown/blonde hair: Father’s Mother, Bb; Mother’s Mother, BB; Mother, Bb; Child, bb.
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46. A chart shows allele combinations for brown/blonde hair Father's Mother, Bb; Mother's Mother, BB, Mother, Bb; Child, bb. What
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47. If a black chicken (BB) is crossed with a white chicken (WW) and incomplete dominance is observed, what are the expected
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48. If a person with blood type A (genotype AO) and a person with blood type B (genotype BO) have children, what are the possible
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49. If a homozygous white horse CWCW and a homozygous black horse CBCB are bred together, what is the likelihood that their
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50. Match the definition with the correct term(3 points) Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a
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