Question 1

Put the following terms in the correct order from start to finish.

Accepted Answer

A)  gene → chromosome → messenger RNA → primary transcript → protein → polypeptide 
B)  chromosome → gene → primary transcript → messenger RNA → protein → polypeptide 
C)  primary transcript → chromosome → gene → protein → polypeptide → messenger RNA 
D)  chromosome → gene → primary transcript → messenger RNA → polypeptide → protein 
E)  gene → messenger RNA → primary transcript → chromosome → protein → polypeptide 
A)  gene → chromosome → messenger RNA → primary transcript → protein → polypeptide 
B)  chromosome → gene → primary transcript → messenger RNA → protein → polypeptide 
C)  primary transcript → chromosome → gene → protein → polypeptide → messenger RNA 
D)  chromosome → gene → primary transcript → messenger RNA → polypeptide → protein 
E)  gene → messenger RNA → primary transcript → chromosome → protein → polypeptide

Question 2

Mendel's "factors" for inheritance are now known to be ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Mendel's "factors" for inheritance are now known...

Question 3

Genes for sex-linked traits tend to be carried on what chromosomes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chromosome 21 
B)  Any of the autosomes 
C)  Y chromosomes 
D)  X chromosomes 
E)  Chromosome 13 
A)  Chromosome 21 
B)  Any of the autosomes 
C)  Y chromosomes 
D)  X chromosomes 
E)  Chromosome 13

Question 4

Mendel's law that states only one allele specifying an alternative trait can be carried in a particular gamete is called the _________________________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Mendel's law that states only one allele...

Question 5

A dominant human genetic disorder that does not reveal itself until middle age is _______________.

Accepted Answer

Huntington

Question 6

Gregor Mendel's work was different from that of other researchers working on inheritance in his day because he alone:

Accepted Answer

A)  was a religious man 
B)  worked with pea plants 
C)  knew how to grow plants 
D)  actually counted the numbers and types of offspring 
A)  was a religious man 
B)  worked with pea plants 
C)  knew how to grow plants 
D)  actually counted the numbers and types of offspring

Question 7

The gene for ABO blood type encodes an enzyme that adds sugar molecules to lipids on the surface of red blood cells.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If a white-flowered pea plant (ww)is crossed with a heterozygous purple-flowered plant (Ww),what will their offspring look like?

Accepted Answer

Half the offspring w

Question 9

The degree of earlobe attachment in humans is inherited as a simple dominant of free earlobes,or as a recessive allele of attached earlobes.What is the probability that a woman with attached earlobes will have children with attached earlobes if their father has free earlobes,but his father had attached earlobes?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 in 2 
B)  3 in 4 
C)  1 in 10 
D)  None 
A)  1 in 2 
B)  3 in 4 
C)  1 in 10 
D)  None

Question 10

In the human ABO blood grouping,there are four basic blood types,type A,type B,type AB,and type O.The blood proteins A and B are:

Accepted Answer

A)  simple dominant and recessive traits 
B)  codominant 
C)  incompletely dominant 
D)  sex-linked traits 
A)  simple dominant and recessive traits 
B)  codominant 
C)  incompletely dominant 
D)  sex-linked traits

Question 11

Human height shows a continuous variation from the very short to the very tall.Height is most likely controlled by:

Accepted Answer

A)  epistatic genes 
B)  sex-linked genes 
C)  mutations 
D)  multiple genes 
A)  epistatic genes 
B)  sex-linked genes 
C)  mutations 
D)  multiple genes

Question 12

What is the probability of getting a pea plant with recessive green seed color when two heterozygous pea plants,both having the dominant yellow-seeded phenotype,are crossed with each other?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 in 6 
B)  1 in 4 
C)  1 in 2 
D)  None 
A)  1 in 6 
B)  1 in 4 
C)  1 in 2 
D)  None

Question 13

When a gene is carried on one of the sex chromosomes,it is said to be __________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When a gene is carried on one...

Question 14

If several traits are affected by the same allele,the allele is said to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  recessive 
B)  dominant 
C)  epistatic 
D)  pleiotropic 
A)  recessive 
B)  dominant 
C)  epistatic 
D)  pleiotropic

Question 15

What is the product of transcription?

Accepted Answer

A)  DNA 
B)  Genes 
C)  Protein 
D)  RNA 
E)  All of the choices are correct. 
A)  DNA 
B)  Genes 
C)  Protein 
D)  RNA 
E)  All of the choices are correct.

Question 16

Why is coat color in Labrador retrievers an example of epistasis?

Accepted Answer

Coat color is primarily due to the inter

Question 17

A woman with blood type B has a baby with blood type O.A man she says is the baby's father has blood type A,but he denies having fathered the child.Could he be the father?

Accepted Answer

Yes,if both he and the mother

Question 18

All of the following are recessive traits in humans except:

Accepted Answer

A)  mid-digital hair 
B)  albinism 
C)  common baldness 
D)  red-green color blindness 
E)  sickle-cell disease 
A)  mid-digital hair 
B)  albinism 
C)  common baldness 
D)  red-green color blindness 
E)  sickle-cell disease

Question 19

______________ is the interaction between the products of two genes in which one of the genes modifies the phenotypic expression produced by the other.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ______________ is the interaction between the products...

Question 20

White flower color is recessive to purple.What is the genotypic ratio when two heterozygous pea plants are crossed?

Accepted Answer

A)  3:1 
B)  4:0 
C)  1:2:1 
D)  1:1 
E)  2:1 
A)  3:1 
B)  4:0 
C)  1:2:1 
D)  1:1 
E)  2:1

Exam 10: Foundations of Genetics

Put the following terms in the correct order from start to finish.

Mendel's "factors" for inheritance are now known to be ________.

Genes for sex-linked traits tend to be carried on what chromosomes?

Mendel's law that states only one allele specifying an alternative trait can be carried in a particular gamete is called the _________________________________.

A dominant human genetic disorder that does not reveal itself until middle age is _______________.

Gregor Mendel's work was different from that of other researchers working on inheritance in his day because he alone:

The gene for ABO blood type encodes an enzyme that adds sugar molecules to lipids on the surface of red blood cells.

If a white-flowered pea plant (ww)is crossed with a heterozygous purple-flowered plant (Ww),what will their offspring look like?

In the human ABO blood grouping,there are four basic blood types,type A,type B,type AB,and type O.The blood proteins A and B are:

Human height shows a continuous variation from the very short to the very tall.Height is most likely controlled by:

What is the probability of getting a pea plant with recessive green seed color when two heterozygous pea plants,both having the dominant yellow-seeded phenotype,are crossed with each other?

When a gene is carried on one of the sex chromosomes,it is said to be __________________.

If several traits are affected by the same allele,the allele is said to be:

What is the product of transcription?

Why is coat color in Labrador retrievers an example of epistasis?

A woman with blood type B has a baby with blood type O.A man she says is the baby's father has blood type A,but he denies having fathered the child.Could he be the father?

All of the following are recessive traits in humans except:

______________ is the interaction between the products of two genes in which one of the genes modifies the phenotypic expression produced by the other.

White flower color is recessive to purple.What is the genotypic ratio when two heterozygous pea plants are crossed?

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