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Introductory Biology

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Set 11 Patterns Of Inheritance

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Question 1

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According to the law of segregation, in an organism with the genotype Aa

A) all of the gametes get the A allele.
B) three- quarters of the gametes get the A allele and one- quarter get the a allele.
C) all of the gametes get the a allele.
D) one- quarter of the gametes get the A allele and three- quarters get the a allele.
E) one- half of the gametes get the A allele and one- half get the a allele.

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Question 2

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When alleles on a pair of homologous chromosomes move into different gametes during meiosis, this demonstrates

A) recessive inheritance.
B) crossing over.
C) segregation.
D) dominance.
E) fertilization.

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Question 3

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When the two gametes that fuse to form a zygote contain different alleles of a given gene, the offspring is

A) heterozygous.
B) abnormal.
C) a new species.
D) haploid.
E) homozygous.

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