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Use your assignments for unit 2 to find the answers (PPP's, glossaries, study guides, etc)





19 Match|ng 1he fo||ow|ng terms may be used once more than once or not at a||
f centromere b. gene. c. germ ceII d. a||e|e e. nucIeosome ab. aneupIoidy ac. p|e|otropy ad. hybr|d
offspr|ng ae. hapIoidy bc. autosome bd. asexuaI reproduction be. None of these

1. Animal cell of a lineage set aside for sexual reproduction; gives rise to gametes. c. germ ceII

2. A stretch of eukaryotic DNA looped twice around a spool of histone molecules; one of many units that give condensed
chromosomes their structure. e. nucIeosome

3. Presence of only half of the parental number of chromosomes in a spore or gamete, as brought about by meiosis. ae. hapIoidy

4. Any reproductive mode by which offspring arise from a single parent and inherit the genes of that parent only. bd. asexuaI
reproduction
5. Cne of Lwo or more moleculfr forms of f gene LhfL frlse by muLfLlon fnd code for dlfferenL verslons of Lhe
sfme LrflL d. a||e|e

6. Cf f geneLlc cross offsprlng hfvlng f pflr of nonldenLlcfl flleles for f LrflL ad. hybr|d

7. A constricted area of a chromosome that has attachment sites for spindle microtubules during nuclear division. f centromere

8. 9oslLlve or negfLlve effecLs on Lwo or more LrflLs ac. p|e|otropy
9 Any chromosome of a type that is the same in males and females of the species. bc. autosome
,fLchlng quesLlons come from Lhe
four unlL 2 glossfrles mlLosls
melosls observfble pfLLerns of
lnherlLfnce fnd humfn geneLlcs fnd
chromosomes

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10. Why cfn mfles be consldered f geneLlc lnsurfnce pollcy"?
f Lhey fdd vfrleLy Lo Lhe offsprlng's genome b Lhey proLecL Lhe femfle from predfLors
c Lhey nurLure Lhe young d Lhey fre sLrong e none of Lhese
11 \hat are memes
a. genes b. ideas c. parts o centromeres d. a type o DNA e. none o these

12. (1/I) 1he irst abnormal chromosome tied to cancer was named the Chicago chromosome.








J3 J8. Problems
13. Which oI the Iollowing genotypes would you 349 expect to Iind among the oIIspring oI a
SsYy x ssyy test cross:
,ssyy -SsYy .Ssyy /ssYy 0SsYY



14. ollowing a SsYy x SsYy cross, what Iraction oI the oIIspring are predicted to have a
genotype that is 4244:8 Ior both characteristics?
, -2 .3 /40none oI these

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dlhybrld problems key




13 n Holstein cattle the spotting of the coat is due to a recessive allele while the solid colored coat is
controlled by a dominant allele. What types of offspring might be produced by a cross between two
spotted animals?
a. Only solid coated b. only spotted coated c. spotted; solid d. solid; spotted
e. none of these




16. What blood types are possible for the offspring of a mating between a male: type AB and a female:
type B?
a. type O b. type A c. type B d. type AB e. all of these except for type O



17. Women have sex chromosomes oI , and men have sex chromosomes oI . Which oI a
man's grandparents could 349 be the source oI any oI the genes on his chromosome?
a fLhers ,oLher b ,oLhers fLher c fLhers fLher d ,oLhers ,oLher ,oLhers
fLher fnd fLhers ,oLher e ,oLhers ,oLher


18. A red-green color blind male mates with a red-green color blind female. What percentage of their
female offspring would likely be red-green color blind? Red-green color blindness is an X linked (sex-
linked) recessive trait.
a. 0 % b. 25 % c. 50% d. 75% e. 100%








19. What percentage of the offspring from a mating between a male and a female, both who are
heterozygous for Huntington's disease, would be predicted to be afflicted? Buntington's is inheiiteu
uominantly.
a. 0 % b. 25 % c. 50% d. 75% e. 100%



20. Which of the following syndromes is (are) related to a trisomy?
a. Turner's b. Fragile X c. Down's d. Kleinfelter's e. both c and d