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GENETICS 6. A woman with blood type IAi and a man with blood
genotype IBi have two children, both type AB. What is the
(PART 2) probability that a third child will be blood type AB?
a. 25% b. 33% c. 50% d. 66%
1. Specialized cells that no longer divide generally locked
in which stage of the cell cycle? 7. In humans, the allele for black hair (B) us dominant to
a. G1 phase c. G0 phase the allele to brown hair (b), and the allele for curly hair
b. G2 phase d. S phase (C) is dominant to the allele for straight hair (c). When a
person of unknown genotype is crossed against a straight-
2. Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive genetic disorder in and brown-haired individual, the phenotypic ratio is
which blood fails to clot properly due to gene mutations. A 25% curly black hair 25% curly brown hair
person with hemophilia may experience easy bruising and 25% straight black hair 25% straight brown hair
sudden bleeding. The pedigree diagram below shows the
inheritance of hemophilia. What is the genotype of the unknown parent?
a. BBCC b. BbCC c. bbCc d. BbCc
18. The chromosome number of offspring produced via 2. Which of the following is not achieved by the cell after
parthenogenesis is cleavage?
a. diploid c. 2N a. formation of blastula
b. haploid d. both A and C b. increase in cell number
c. development of the neural crest
19. Given the following single strand of DNA sequence d. increase in the amount of the genetic material
- 5’-GAATTG-3’ – what is the sequence of the opposite
strand? 3. Which of the following developmental stages has the
a. 5’-CAATTC-3’ c. 5’-CTTAAG-3’ greatest nuclear-to-cytoplasmic material ratio?
b. 5’-CTTAAC-3’ d. 5’-GAATTG-3’ a. Four-celled zygote c. Morula
b. Eight-celled zygote d. Blastula
20. Which of the following does not occur in plant-mitosis?
a. The movement of centrioles to form asters 4. Which is the best statement regarding the role of the
b. The production of two daughter cells embryo in hormone production?
c. The separation of chromatids into identical a. the embryo breaks down proteins in the endospermal
chromosomes cells to produce auxins
d. The formation of a cell plate b. the embryo converts tryptophan into indoleacetic acid
c. the embryo releases gibberellin which triggers the
21. What is the major difference between messenger RNA synthesis of enzymes that break down the endosperm
molecules and the transfer RNA molecules? d. the embryo produces enzymes which break down
a. Messenger RNA molecules contains ribose while transfer the endosperm cells
RNA molecules contains deoxyribose
b. Messenger RNA molecules carry coded information to the 5. Which of the following is true for identical twins?
ribosomes while transfer RNA molecules carry amino acids a. They are derived from a single egg cell.
to the ribosomes b. There can only be one gender, either both male and
c. Messenger RNA molecules contain thymine while transfer both female.
RNA molecules contain uracil c. They are derived from a single sperm cell.
d. Messenger RNA molecules function when they are d. All of the above
double-stranded while transfer RNA molecules function
when they are single-stranded. 6. The archenteron develops into…
a. Mouth in protostomes
22. Chromosomes become most distinct during cell… b. Blastocoel
a. Reproduction c. Metabolism c. Endoderm
b. Respiration d. Transpiration d. Lumen of the digestive tracts
23. In which pair of organelles are light and chemical 7. Which embryonic membrane is closest to the shell in a
energies transformed? bird egg?
a. Centriole and ribosome a. Allantois c. Amnion
b. Chloroplast and lysosome b. Chorion d. Yolk Sac
c. Chloroplast and mitochondrion
d. Golgi apparatus and microtubule 8. An amphibian embryo, a band of cells called the neural
crest…
24. Which stages of cellular division have exactly opposite a. Rolls up to form the neural tube
characteristics? b. Develops into the main section of the brain
a. Prophase and telophase c. Produces amoeboid cells that migrate to form teeth,
b. Prophase and anaphase skull bones, and other structures in the embryo.
c. Metaphase and telophase d. Induces the formation of the embryo
d. Metaphase and anaphase
9. The specific arrangements of tissues and organs in a
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY body part such a leg is called:
a. Pattern formation
b. Induction
1. A female animal that forms eggs, hatches in the body, c. Differentiation
and then younglings are born alive is known as what type
d. Determination
of offspring production?
a. Oviparous c. Ovoviviparous
b. Viviparous d. Marsupials
13. How many sets of cell division are there between the
zygote stage and the eight-cell embryonic stage?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8