Questions from Genetics


Q: Three coat-color patterns that occur in some breeds of horses

Three coat-color patterns that occur in some breeds of horses are termed cremello (beige), chestnut (brown), and palomino (golden with light mane and tail). If two palomino horses are mated, they prod...

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Q: A woman with an abnormally long chromosome 13 (and a normal

A woman with an abnormally long chromosome 13 (and a normal homolog of chromosome 13) has children with a man with an abnormally short chromosome 11 (and a normal homolog of chromosome 11). What is th...

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Q: What is meant by a gene interaction? How can a gene

What is meant by a gene interaction? How can a gene interaction be explained at the molecular level?

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Q: Assuming that such a fly would be viable, what would be

Assuming that such a fly would be viable, what would be the sex of a fruit fly with the following chromosomal composition? A. One X chromosome and two sets of autosomes B. Two X chromosomes, one Y c...

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Q: What would be the sex of a human with each of the

What would be the sex of a human with each of the following sets of sex chromosomes? A. XXX B. X (also described as X0) C. XYY D. XXY

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Q: Wooly hair is a rare dominant trait found in people of Scandinavian

Wooly hair is a rare dominant trait found in people of Scandinavian descent in which the hair resembles the wool of a sheep. A male with wooly hair, who has a mother with straight hair, moves to an is...

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Q: What is the difference between the G0 and G1 phases?

What is the difference between the G0 and G1 phases?

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Q: Huntington disease is a rare dominant trait that causes neurodegeneration later in

Huntington disease is a rare dominant trait that causes neurodegeneration later in life. A man in his thirties, who already has three children, discovers that his mother has Huntington disease though...

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Q: Let’s suppose a recessive allele encodes a completely defective protein. If

Let’s suppose a recessive allele encodes a completely defective protein. If the functional allele is dominant, what does that tell you about the amount of the functional protein that is sufficient to...

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Q: A nectarine is a peach without the fuzz. The difference is

A nectarine is a peach without the fuzz. The difference is controlled by a single gene that is found in two alleles, D and d. At the molecular level, do you think that the nectarine is homozygous for...

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