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Introductory Biology

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Set 13 Observing Patterns In Inherited Traits

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Question 1

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For Mendel's law of segregation requires that  

A) the genes for the traits he studied must be located on the same chromosome.
B) two alleles at any locus are distributed into separate gametes during meiosis.
C) genes are not transmitted independently of each other.
D) chromosomes be duplicated by mitosis.
E) only triploid organisms demonstrate inheritance patterns.

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Question 2

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Genes at one locus that affect the expression of genes at a different locus are said to be  

A) epistatic.
B) linked.
C) codominant.
D) continuous.
E) alleles.

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Question 3

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Mendel's dihybrid crosses,but not his monohybrid crosses,show that  

A) some genes are linked together.
B) the two alleles controlling a trait are divided equally among the gametes.
C) alleles for different traits are inherited independently.
D) one of the pair of alleles is dominant to the other.
E) the crossing of two different homozygous forms will not produce any offspring in the first generation that will look like either of the parents.

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