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Set 1: Introduction: Evolution and Themes of Biology

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: DNA Tools and Biotechnology

Set 21: Genomes and Their Evolution

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

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Set 27: Bacteria and Archaea

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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

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Set 35: Plant Structure,Growth,and Development

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Set 38: Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology

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Set 42: Circulation and Gas Exchange

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Set 45: Hormones and the Endocrine System

Set 46: Animal Reproduction

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Set 51: Animal Behaviour

Set 52: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

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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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Given the parents AABBCc × AabbCc,assume simple dominance for each trait and independent assortment.What proportion of the progeny will be expected to phenotypically resemble the first parent?

A)1/4
B)1/8
C)3/4
D)3/8
E)1

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

Free

How many unique gametes could be produced through independent assortment by an individual with the genotype AaBbCCDdEE?

A)4
B)8
C)16
D)32
E)64

Answer

(Multiple Choice)

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The fact that all seven of the pea plant traits studied by Mendel obeyed the principle of independent assortment most probably indicates which of the following?

A)None of the traits obeyed the law of segregation.
B)The diploid number of chromosomes in the pea plants was 7.
C)All of the genes controlling the traits were located on the same chromosome.
D)All of the genes controlling the traits behaved as if they were on different chromosomes.
E)The formation of gametes in plants occurs by mitosis only.

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