Exam 5: Non-Mendelian Inheritance

What is a disease associated with extra nuclear inheritance?

mtDNA stands for ________ and cpDNA stands for ________.

Dosage compensation offsets the problems associated with differences in the number of ________ chromosomes in many species.

In which cells do erasure and re-establishment of imprinting marks typically not occur?

The inheritance patterns of genetic material that is not contained in the nucleus of the cell is called ________.

Which diseases are associated with imprinting?

In maternal effect, the ________ of the mother determines the ________ of the offspring.

A modification that occurs to a nuclear gene that alters gene expression without modifying the DNA sequence is called ________ inheritance.

A symbiotic relationship where one organism lives inside another species is called ________.

Which of the following is false regarding human mtDNA?

The Lyon hypothesis attempts to explain the molecular mechanism of ________.

Who is largely responsible for proposing the endosymbiosis theory?

Heteroplasmy is associated with inheritance patterns involving

What is the molecular mechanism for imprinting a gene?

The inheritance of leaf pigmentation in the four-o'clock plant Mirabilis jalapa is an example of ________.

What is thought to be the origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts?

Who originally identified a highly condensed structure in the interphase of nuclei?

If the sperm cell contributes mitochondria to the oocyte, it is called ________.

In the Igf2 gene, which allele is expressed?

Monoallelic expression is associated with which of the following?