Questions from Genetics


Q: Antibiotics such as tetracycline, streptomycin, and bacitracin are small organic

Antibiotics such as tetracycline, streptomycin, and bacitracin are small organic molecules that are synthesized by particular species of bacteria. Microbiologists have hypothesized that the reason why...

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Q: Certain forms of human color blindness are inherited as X-linked

Certain forms of human color blindness are inherited as X-linked recessive traits. Hemizygous males are color-blind, but heterozygous females are not. However, heterozygous females sometimes have part...

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Q: A black female cat (XB XB ) and an orange male

A black female cat (XB XB ) and an orange male cat (X0 Y) were mated to each other and produced a male cat that was calico. Which sex chromosomes did this male offspring inherit from its mother and fa...

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Q: What is the spreading phase of X-chromosome inactivation? Why

What is the spreading phase of X-chromosome inactivation? Why do you think it is called a spreading phase? 

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Q: Conjugation is sometimes called bacterial mating. Is it a form of

Conjugation is sometimes called bacterial mating. Is it a form of sexual reproduction? Explain.

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Q: When does the erasure and reestablishment phase of genomic imprinting occur?

When does the erasure and reestablishment phase of genomic imprinting occur? Explain why it is necessary to erase an imprint and then reestablish it in order to always maintain imprinting from the sam...

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Q: In what types of cells would you expect de novo methylation to

In what types of cells would you expect de novo methylation to occur? In what cell types would it not occur?

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Q: On rare occasions, people are born with a condition known as

On rare occasions, people are born with a condition known as uniparental disomy. It happens when an individual inherits both copies of a chromosome from one parent and no copies from the other parent....

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Q: Genes that cause Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome are closely

Genes that cause Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome are closely linked along chromosome 15. Although people with these syndromes do not usually reproduce, let’s suppose that a couple produces...

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Q: How is the process of X-chromosome inactivation similar to genomic

How is the process of X-chromosome inactivation similar to genomic imprinting? How is it different?

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