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Set 1: Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life

Set 2: The Chemical Context of Life

Set 3: Water and Life

Set 4: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

Set 5: The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules

Set 6: A Tour of the Cell

Set 7: Membrane Structure and Function

Set 8: An Introduction to Metabolism

Set 9: Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

Set 10: Photosynthesis

Set 11: Cell Communication

Set 12: The Cell Cycle

Set 13: Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

Set 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea

Set 15: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

Set 16: The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Set 17: From Gene to Protein

Set 18: Regulation of Gene Expression

Set 19: Viruses

Set 20: Biotechnology

Set 21: Genomes and Their Evolution

Set 22: Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

Set 23: The Evolution of Populations

Set 24: The Origin of Species

Set 25: The History of Life on Earth

Set 26: Phylogeny and the Tree of Life

Set 27: Bacteria and Archaea

Set 28: Protists

Set 29: Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land

Set 30: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants

Set 32: An Overview of Animal Diversity

Set 33: An Introduction to Invertebrates

Set 34: The Origin and Evolution of Vertebrates

Set 35: Plant Structure, Growth, and Development

Set 36: Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants

Set 37: Soil and Plant Nutrition

Set 38: Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology

Set 39: Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals

Set 40: Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function

Set 41: Animal Nutrition

Set 42: Circulation and Gas Exchange

Set 43: The Immune System

Set 44: Osmoregulation and Excretion

Set 45: Hormones and the Endocrine System

Set 46: Animal Reproduction

Set 47: Animal Development

Set 48: Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling

Set 49: Nervous Systems

Set 50: Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Set 51: Animal Behavior

Set 52: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

Set 53: Population Ecology

Set 54: Community Ecology

Set 55: Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology

Set 56: Conservation Biology and Global Change

Set 14 Mendel And The Gene Idea

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Set 14 Mendel And The Gene Idea

(Multiple Choice)

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Mendel's observation of the segregation of alleles in gamete formation has its basis in which of the following phases of cell division?

A) prophase I of meiosis
B) anaphase II of meiosis
C) metaphase I of meiosis
D) anaphase I of meiosis
E) anaphase of mitosis

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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A sexually reproducing animal has two unlinked genes, one for head shape (H)and one for tail length (T). Its genotype is HhTt. Which of the following genotypes is possible in a gamete from this organism?

A) tt
B) Hh
C) HhTt
D) T
E) HT

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(Multiple Choice)

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What was the most significant conclusion that Gregor Mendel drew from his experiments with pea plants?

A) There is considerable genetic variation in garden peas.
B) Traits are inherited in discrete units, and are not the results of "blending."
C) Recessive genes occur more frequently in the F₁ generation than do dominant ones.
D) Genes are composed of DNA.
E) An organism that is homozygous for many recessive traits is at a disadvantage.

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