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Introductory Biology

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Set 12 Patterns Of Inheritance

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following choices represents the genotype of an individual diploid organism?

A)BbCCdd
B)BCd
C)bCd
D)BbCd

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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A mutation that occurs in a diploid cell can be inherited only if the

A)mutated allele is recessive.
B)mutated allele is dominant.
C)mutation occurs in a cell that produces gametes.
D)same mutation also occurs on the homologous chromosome.

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following observations refutes the theory of blending inheritance?

A)When a red plant is crossed with a white plant, the resulting offspring are pink.
B)Most of the features of offspring are not intermediates of their parents' traits.
C)Gametes carrying different types of alleles cannot fuse successfully.
D)After meiosis, two copies of a given gene end up in the same gamete.

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