Explore the foundational aspects of chromosomal inheritance in this quiz focused on key genetic concepts. Topics include the theory of chromosomal inheritance, sex-linked traits in Drosophila, crossing over, and nondisjunction. Ideal for students enhancing their understanding of genetics.
Tetrasomics.
Trisomics.
Bisomics.
Monosomics.
Nullisomics.
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Epistasis.
Pleiotropy.
Crossing over.
Allelic exchange.
Mutation.
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X.
Y.
1.
2.
Autosome.
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Epistasis.
Nondisjunction.
Disjunction.
Pleiotropy.
Autosomy.
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X.
13.
15.
18.
21.
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Recessive condition.
Dominant condition.
Epistatic condition.
Codominant condition.
Condition that occurs with equal frequency in both sexes.
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Oxygen carrying pigment hemoglobin.
Protein makeup in the liver.
Sticky sides of the red blood cells.
Allele for the production of mucus in the lungs.
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Alzheimer's disease.
Hemophilia.
Turner syndrome.
Klinefelter syndrome.
Down syndrome.
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1
2
3
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Be female because they do not have a Y chromosome.
Be male because they only have one X chromosome.
Display both male and female characteristics.
Not survive.
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Be female because they have two X chromosomes.
Be male because they have a Y chromosome.
Display both male and female characteristics.
Not survive.
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Mendel.
Sutton.
Sturtevant.
Janssens.
Morgan.
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To reduce the risk of genetic disease.
For gene therapy.
To change the sex of the fetus.
For diagnosis of genetic disorders.
For nourishing the fetus.
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Determine whether an individual that displays a dominant phenotype is homozygous for the trait.
Determine whether an individual that displays a dominant phenotype is heterozygous for the trait.
Gather genotype information from phenotype information.
Identify the chromosome on which a gene is located.
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Daughters
Sons
Both sons and daughters
Mitochondria DNA is inherited from both parents.
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Cystic fibrosis
Sickle cell anemia
Tay-Sachs disease
Huntington's disease
Hemophilia
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0%
25%
50%
100%
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Her father had at least one Barr body.
Her mother also had two Barr bodies.
She developed from a fertilized egg with 3 X chromosomes.
She is actually a male with female characteristics.
She is genetically a normal fertile female.
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Calico cats can be male or female.
The different colored fur is due to the inactivation of one X chromosome.
The variation in coat color is an example of an epistatic interaction.
Calico cats are genetic mosaics.
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Cholera.
Cystic fibrosis.
Hemophilia.
Sickle cell anemia.
Muscular dystrophy.
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Mendel.
Morgan.
Knight.
Sutton.
Stern.
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Aneuploidy.
Monosomy.
Trisomy.
Euploidy.
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Markers.
Alleles.
Polymorphisms.
Genetic disorders.
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The color of the pigment.
The size of the molecule.
A single amino acid substitution.
The total number of amino acids.
The type of blood cell it is found in.
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As genetic distance increases, the recombination frequency increases in a linear fashion.
As genetic distance increases, the recombination frequency increases, but never in a linear fashion.
As genetic distance increases, the recombination frequency first increases in a linear fashion, but then levels off to a frequency of 0.5.
As genetic distance increases, the recombination frequency first increases, but then decreases.
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Transporting proteins across the cell membrane
Containing genetic information for inheritance
Generating energy for the cell through respiration
Synthesizing proteins from amino acids
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Pleiotropy.
A syndrome.
Epistasis.
A genetic disorder.
A genetic imbalance.
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