Extensions Of Mendelian Inheritance - Genetics Analysis and Principles | Biology+

Course

Genetics

Study Pack

Set 1: Overview of Genetics

Set 2: Mendelian Inheritance

Set 3: Chromosome Transmission During Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction

Set 4: Extensions of Mendelian Inheritance

Set 5: Non-Mendelian Inheritance

Set 6: Genetic Linkage and Mapping in Eukaryotes

Set 7: Genetic Transfer and Mapping in Bacteria

Set 8: Variation in Chromosome Structure and Number

Set 9: Molecular Structure of Dna and Rna

Set 10: Chromosome Organization and Molecular Structure

Set 11: Dna Replication

Set 12: Gene Transcription and Rna Modification

Set 13: Translation of Mrna

Set 14: Gene Regulation in Bacteria

Set 15: Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes I: Transcriptional and Translation Regulation

Set 16: Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes Ii: Epigenetics

Set 17: Non-Coding Rnas

Set 18: Genetics of Viruses

Set 19: Gene Mutation and Dna Repair

Set 20: Recombination, Immunogenetics, and Transposition

Set 21: Molecular Technologies

Set 22: Biotechnology

Set 23: Genomics I: Analysis of Dna

Set 24: Genomics Ii: Functional Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics

Set 25: Medical Genetics and Cancer

Set 26: Developmental Genetics

Set 27: Population Genetics

Set 28: Complex and Quantitative Traits

Set 29: Evolutionary Genetics

Set 4 Extensions Of Mendelian Inheritance

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Set 4 Extensions Of Mendelian Inheritance

(Multiple Choice)

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If a geneticist describes a trait as being 70% penetrant, what would they mean?

A) Individuals with the trait show variation in expression.
B) It is lethal in 30% of the individuals who have the trait.
C) Only 70% of the individuals who carry the allele(s) for a trait express the trait.
D) The trait is present in 70% of the population.

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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If an allele is dominant in one sex and recessive in another, it is an example of ________.

A) sex-limited inheritance
B) sex-influenced inheritance
C) incomplete dominance
D) simple Mendelian inheritance

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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The coat characteristics of arctic foxes and Siamese cats, where proteins in the extremities function differently than in other parts of the body, is an example of ________.

A) incomplete dominance
B) multiple allele systems
C) semilethal alleles
D) temperature-sensitive allele
E) None of the answers are correct

Answer