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Set 3 Basic Principles Of Heredity

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Question 1

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While doing field work in Madagascar, you discover a new dragonfly species that has either red (R)or clear (r)wings.Initial crosses indicate that R is dominant to r.You perform three crosses using three different sets of red-winged parents with unknown genotype and observe the following data: While doing field work in Madagascar, you discover a new dragonfly species that has either red (R)or clear (r)wings.Initial crosses indicate that R is dominant to r.You perform three crosses using three different sets of red-winged parents with unknown genotype and observe the following data:   Which cross is likely to have at least one parent with the genotype RR? A)Cross 1 B)Cross 2 C)Cross 3 D)Crosses 1 and 2 E)Crosses 2 and 3 Which cross is likely to have at least one parent with the genotype RR?

A)Cross 1
B)Cross 2
C)Cross 3
D)Crosses 1 and 2
E)Crosses 2 and 3

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Question 2

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Freckles are caused by a dominant allele.A man has freckles but one of his parents does not have freckles.The man has fathered a child with a woman that does not have freckles.What is the probability that their child has freckles?

A)1/4
B)1/3
C)1/2
D)2/3
E)3/4

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Question 3

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If an organism of genotype Aa is used for a testcross, what is the genotype of the other individual used in the cross?

A)AA
B)Aa
C)aa
D)The genotype cannot be known.
E)Either AA or Aa is correct.

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