Quantitative Genetics - Concepts of Genetics | Biology+

Course

Genetics

Study Pack

Set 1: Overview of Genetics

Set 2: Reproduction and Chromosome Transmission

Set 3: Mendelian Inheritance

Set 4: Sex Determination and Sex Chromosomes

Set 5: Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance

Set 6: Extranuclear Inheritance, Imprinting, and Maternal Effect

Set 7: Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes

Set 8: Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number

Set 9: Genetics in Bacteria

Set 10: Genetics of Viruses

Set 11: Molecular Structure of DNA and RNA

Set 12: Molecular Structure of Chromosomes and Transposition

Set 13: Dna Replication and Recombination

Set 14: Gene Transcription and RNA Modification

Set 15: Translation of MRNA

Set 16: Gene Regulation in Bacteria

Set 17: Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes

Set 18: Non-Coding Rnas

Set 19: Gene Mutation and DNA Repair

Set 20: Molecular Technologies

Set 21: Genomics

Set 22: Medical Genetics and Cancer

Set 23: Population Genetics

Set 24: Quantitative Genetics

Set 24 Quantitative Genetics

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Set 24 Quantitative Genetics

(Multiple Choice)

Free

In QTL mapping,the parental strains are crossed and the F₁ generation backcrossed to which of the following?

A) the F₂ generation
B) the parental generation
C) a strain that is homozygous recessive for all markers
D) a wild-type organism

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following steps is NOT used in conducting a backcross in order to map a QTL?

A) Two inbred strains that differ in a quantitative trait are crossed.
B) The F1 offspring are crossed with each other.
C) The F2 offspring contain different combinations of the parental chromosomes.
D) By using genetic markers, it is determined which parent each chromosome came from and thus isolate the genes.

Answer

(True False)

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Heritability is the amount of genetic variation in a particular population and a particular environment.

Answer