Exam 5: Chromosomes and Inheritance

In reproductive cloning, when a clone grows from a single cell to a full organism, the development happens through ________.

Albinism is a recessive disorder in which the skin and hair fail to produce pigment.The following question(s) ask you to evaluate the pedigree chart shown here in which "N" is the allele for normal pigmentation and "n" is the allele for albinism.The shaded circles for Deirdre and Shannon represent the only individuals expressing the disorder. -What is Deirdre's phenotype?

Which of the following processes generates a continuum (spectrum) of varying phenotypes?

Explain the difference between a chromosome, a gene, and an allele.

Genes located near one another on the same chromosome are often inherited together.These are called ________.

The offspring produced via asexual reproduction are genetically ________ to the parents.

What is a karyotype?

Since an XO female can survive but an OY male cannot, what can we conclude about the genetic information in the X and Y chromosomes?

What is the gender of the person indicated in the photograph?

The gene that encodes for plant height in sunflower plants follows a strict recessive/dominant pattern of inheritance and has 2 alleles (tall and short).A tall sunflower plant is crossed with a short sunflower plant.Half of the offspring from this cross are tall, and the other half are short.From this information, what are the parents' genotypes?

In the picture below, how many chromosomes are present?

A common form of chemotherapy used to kill cancer cells is to administer drugs that disrupt cell division.Why might this also result in anemia, hair loss, and sores in the stomach and on the skin?

If mitosis makes somatic cells, what does meiosis make?

How many chromosomes would be found in the karyotype of a Down syndrome female?

Dead or damaged cells are replaced by the process of ________.