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Some individuals with blood group A may inherit the genes for blond hair, while other individuals with blood group A may inherit the genes for brown hair. This can be explained by the principle of |
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dominance |
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multiple alleles |
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independent assortment |
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incomplete dominance |
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Mendelian Concepts | Human Genetics | |
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How many of the following contribute to genetic variability?
1. Formation of chiasmata between homologous chromosomes
2. Co-dominance between two alleles
3. Independent assortment of chromosomes during Meiosis I
4. Backcrossing between pure dominant or pure recessive phenotypes
5. Mendel's Third Law of Segregation
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Two |
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Three |
C
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All five |
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None |
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Human Genetics | Evolution | |
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A disease caused by a mitochondrial mutation would have what pattern of inheritance? |
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maternal |
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autosomal |
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X-linked |
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Y-linked |
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Human Genetics | |
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) should be most abundant in: |
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highly-conserved domains of metabolic proteins |
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non-coding regions of DNA |
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interior protein domains of cytosolic proteins |
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exons of genes |
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Human Genetics | |
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A child is born with blood type A positive. The mother's blood type is A negative. Which of the following men could NOT be the father of the child? |
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A positive |
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O negative |
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AB positive |
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B positive |
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Human Genetics | Mendelian Concepts | |
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After many mitotic divisions of a somatic cell in an organism, what is the most significant difference between the original cell and the descendant cell? |
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There are fewer genes. |
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The telomeres have shortened. |
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The nucleus is smaller. |
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The chromatin is denser. |
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Human Genetics | Miscellaneous Biology | |
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An individual with the blood type A negative can accept blood from which of the following donors?
I. A
II. AB
III. B
IV. O
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I only |
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IV only |
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I, II, and IV only |
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I and IV only |
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Human Genetics | |
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A nucleosome is defined as: |
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a set of eight histones. |
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the condensed form of chromatin. |
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a single protein unit which binds to DNA strands. |
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a set of several regions on a chromosome. |
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Human Genetics | Eukaryotic Cells | |
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