Question 1

The ABO blood types have ____ different genotypes.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​4 
B)  ​6 
C)  ​8 
D)  ​12 
E)  ​16 
A)  ​4 
B)  ​6 
C)  ​8 
D)  ​12 
E)  ​16

Question 2

Approximately how many gene products are involved in the synthesis of melanin in humans?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​10 
B)  ​25 
C)  ​50 
D)  ​100 
E)  ​1000 
A)  ​10 
B)  ​25 
C)  ​50 
D)  ​100 
E)  ​1000

Question 3

Match the following terms to the disorder to which it corresponds.
-​sickle-cell anemia
A)autosomal dominant disorder
B)autosomal recessive disorder
C)X-linked disorder

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the following terms to the disorder...

Question 4

For this problem, you may want to create a Punnett Square on a separate piece of paper. Assume brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes and dimples are dominant to no dimples. John has brown eyes, and his mother has blue eyes. John does not have dimples. Zena has blue eyes and also has no dimples. What are the chances if this couple have children, they will produce a child with blue eyes and no dimples?

Accepted Answer

A)  0 
B)  ¼ 
C)  ½ 
D)  ¾ 
E)  There is not enough information provided to solve this problem. 
A)  0 
B)  ¼ 
C)  ½ 
D)  ¾ 
E)  There is not enough information provided to solve this problem.

Question 5

Match the following terms to the description with which they best correspond.
-​a chromosome abnormality in which there are too many or too few copies of a particular chromosome
A)genotype
B)heterozygous
C)dihybrid cross
D)pleiotropic
E)codominance
F)epistasis
G)incomplete dominance
H)syndrome
I)continuous variation
J)aneuploidy

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match the following terms to the description...

Question 6

Various forms of the same gene are called ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​genotypes 
B)  ​alleles 
C)  ​somatic 
D)  ​recessive 
E)  ​phenotypes 
A)  ​genotypes 
B)  ​alleles 
C)  ​somatic 
D)  ​recessive 
E)  ​phenotypes

Question 7

The mutation that causes the lighter skin color of all people of European descent was the result of a ____ in the gene for a melanin transport protein.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​base-pair substitution 
B)  ​insertion 
C)  ​deletion 
D)  ​whole chromosome duplication 
E)  ​multiple gene mutations involving several mechanisms 
A)  ​base-pair substitution 
B)  ​insertion 
C)  ​deletion 
D)  ​whole chromosome duplication 
E)  ​multiple gene mutations involving several mechanisms

Question 8

In codominance, ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​one allele is dominant to another allele 
B)  ​the genotype is determined by the phenotype 
C)  ​the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate to the homozygous phenotypes 
D)  ​the intermediate phenotype may be the result of enzyme insufficiency 
E)  ​two alleles may be equally expressed 
A)  ​one allele is dominant to another allele 
B)  ​the genotype is determined by the phenotype 
C)  ​the heterozygous phenotype is intermediate to the homozygous phenotypes 
D)  ​the intermediate phenotype may be the result of enzyme insufficiency 
E)  ​two alleles may be equally expressed

The ABO blood types have ____ different genotypes.

Approximately how many gene products are involved in the synthesis of melanin in humans?

Match the following terms to the disorder to which it corresponds. -sickle-cell anemia A)autosomal dominant disorder B)autosomal recessive disorder C)X-linked disorder

Various forms of the same gene are called ____.

The mutation that causes the lighter skin color of all people of European descent was the result of a ____ in the gene for a melanin transport protein.

In codominance, ____.

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