Exam 37: B: Genetics and Heredity

In the therapy called gene augmentation:

Mitochondrial DNA (mDNA):

Match each of the terms with its corresponding definition. -the scientific study of inheritance

An ordered arrangement of photographs of chromosomes from a single cell is called a:

Which of the following diseases is carried by mitochondrial DNA?

If "A" stands for the dominant gene that prevents albinism and "a" stands for the recessive albinism trait,then an individual with the genotype of "aa" will express:

Match each of the terms with its corresponding definition. -genes that have effects that always appear in the offspring

About which percentage of the cell's DNA carry functional genes?

The parents with which of the following genotypes could not have a child with albinism?

Which of the following diseases is not a single-gene dominant trait?

Match each term with its corresponding definition or description. -short arm of the chromosome

Match each condition with its corresponding statement or definition. -lymphocytes fail to develop properly

The genetic code is transmitted to offspring in discrete,independent units that are called:

In human blood type,types A and B are codominant,producing type AB.They are both dominant to the recessive O type.Which of the following parental genotypes could produce a child with type O blood?

The syndrome that results from the genotype "XXY" is:

A karyotype would not be helpful in determining:

A group of symptoms called Down syndrome results from trisomy:

In a pedigree,a half-shaded circle indicates a:

Give a brief description of one genetic disorder that is the result of nondisjunction during formation of the gametes.

Match each of the terms with its corresponding definition. -nonsexual trait carried on sex chromosomes