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Set 10 Chromosome Chapter Title Tbd

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Question 1

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Prader- Willi and Angelman syndromes are caused by which type of chromosomal mutations, both in connection with chromosome 15?

A) random X- inactivation
B) trisomy
C) monosomy
D) uniparental disomy
E) mosaicism

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Question 2

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A karyotype shows that a child has Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY). If the child is also color- blind (due to a recessive X- linked allele), despite his parents having normal color vision, in which parent and stage of meiosis did nondisjunction occur?

A) father in meiosis I
B) mother in meiosis I or II
C) mother in meiosis II
D) father in meiosis II
E) mother in meiosis I

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Question 3

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When nondisjunction occurs early in embryogenesis rather than gametogenesis, what would you expect in the resulting karyotype?

A) uniparental disomy
B) monosomy
C) mosaicism
D) trisomy
E) random X- inactivation

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