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Set 13 Extensions Of And Deviations From Mendelian Genetic Principles

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Question 1

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Individuals with neurofibromatosis may have a range of phenotypes,from pigment spots on the skin to tumorlike growths.This is an example of

A)incomplete penetrance.
B)variable expressivity.
C)age of onset.
D)X-inactivation.
E)gene magnification.

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Question 2

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Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disease that affects approximately one in 500 people worldwide.There is more than one genetic cause of the disease.Class I is often described as an autosomal dominant disease.Affected individuals have cholesterol levels >250 as children and often >300 as adults.However,homozygotes have cholesterol levels of >600 as children and can die of heart attacks in their 20s.These individuals entirely lack a functional LDL receptor.Which of the following would be the best description of the inheritance of this form of hypercholesterolemia?

A)Dominant epistatic
B)Codominant
C)Incompletely dominant
D)Complementary
E)Recessive epistatic

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Question 3

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Two true-breeding mutant strains of Drosophila have black body color instead of the wild-type gray yellow.When the two strains are crossed,all the F1 flies have wild-type body color.How can these data be interpreted?

A)Recombination occurred.
B)Complementation occurred.
C)The mutations involved are on two different genes.
D)A new mutation occurred in all the offspring.
E)Both B and C

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