Questions from Genetics


Q: For all seven characters described in the data of Figure 2.

For all seven characters described in the data of Figure 2.5, Mendel allowed the F2 plants to self-fertilize. He found that when F2 plants with recessive traits were crossed to each other, they always...

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Q: From the point of view of crosses and data collection, what

From the point of view of crosses and data collection, what are the experimental differences between a single-factor and a two-factor cross?

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Q: What features of this pedigree indicate that the allele for Duchenne muscular

What features of this pedigree indicate that the allele for Duchenne muscular dystrophy is X-linked? From Figure 4.10:

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Q: As in many animals, albino coat color is a recessive trait

As in many animals, albino coat color is a recessive trait in guinea pigs. Researchers removed the ovaries from an albino female guinea pig and then transplanted ovaries from a true-breeding black gui...

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Q: The fungus Melampsora lini causes a disease known as flax rust.

The fungus Melampsora lini causes a disease known as flax rust. Different strains of M. lini cause varying degrees of the rust disease. Conversely, different strains of flax are resistant or sensitive...

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Q: For Mendel’s data for the experiment in Figure 2.8,

For Mendel’s data for the experiment in Figure 2.8, conduct a chi square analysis to determine if the data agree with Mendel’s law of independent assortment. From...

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Q: Would it be possible to deduce the law of independent assortment from

Would it be possible to deduce the law of independent assortment from a single-factor cross? Explain your answer.

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Q: When studying living cells in a laboratory, researchers sometimes use drugs

When studying living cells in a laboratory, researchers sometimes use drugs as a way to cause cells to remain in a particular phase of the cell cycle. For example, aphidicolin inhibits DNA synthesis i...

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Q: Discuss why crosses (i.e., the experiments of Mendel

Discuss why crosses (i.e., the experiments of Mendel) and the microscopic observations of chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis were both needed to deduce the chromosome theory of inheritance.

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Q: Female flies with white eyes and miniature wings (both X-

Female flies with white eyes and miniature wings (both X-linked recessive traits) were crossed to male flies with red eyes and long wings. On rare occasions, female offspring were produced with white...

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