4.19 The patchy distribution of color on tortoiseshell cats results from the random inactivation of one X chromosome in females.

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Q: 18) Hydrangea plants of the same genotype are planted in a large flower garden. Some of the plants…

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Q: 5. X and Y chromosomes as homologous pairs: In humans, the XX pairing of the 23rd pair of…

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Q: Ch. 14-4 Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern, nearly…

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Q: With regard to the numbers of sex chromosomes, explain whydosage compensation is necessary

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Q: 18. а. What type of division (equational or reductional) is exemplified by the anaphase chromosomal…

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Q: 11. In a dihybrid cross, we consider two traits at the same time. Suppose in a species of fish, long…

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Q: 16. There are 40 chromosomes in somatic cells of the house mouse, a. How many chromosomes does a…

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Q: 8. If the frequency of the "green" form of red-green color blindness (due to an X-linked locus) is 5…

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Q: 36. In domesticated cats, the following genetic patterns have been described as independently…

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Q: A human female with Turner syndrome (45,X) also expresses the X-linked trait hemophilia, as did her…

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Q: Which of the following could be the cause of Klinefelter’sSyndrome (XXY)? A. failure of male sex…

A: Introduction Klinefelter syndrome is a genetic disorder in which a child is born with an extra X…

Q: 6. The incidence of Down syndrome will be very high(somewhat less than 50%) among the offspring of…

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Q: Ch. 14-5 Human females have two X chromosomes (XX); males have one X and one Y chromosome (XY).a.…

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Q: 7 Cinnabar eyes is a X-linked recessive characteristic in fruit flies. If a female having cinnabar…

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Q: 14 13 1a 131 is a diagram of chromosome 17.

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Q: specific human individual with a male sex has the same sex chromosome complement as a metafemale…

A: Metafemale: 3 sets of X chromosomes or in other words an extra X chromosome with autosomes

Q: If X inactivation compensates for an extra X chromosome, why do Klinefeltermales (XXY) have problems…

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Q: Ch. 14-8 The somatic cells of most individuals with Down syndrome contain an extra chromosome 21,…

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Q: 2a. For every chromosome that you got from your mother, there is a matching one which you got from…

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Q: 3. There are 40 chromosomes in somatic cells of the house mouse. (a) How many chromosomes does a…

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Q: 5) Cystic fibrosis is caused by a gene on chromosome 7 and results in the build-up of mucus in the…

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Q: Assume that the Holliday junctions resolve so that there is no crossing over (that is, there is no…

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Q: 17) There is a hypothetical gene in mice that produces a substance that induces twitchiness in leg…

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Q: 16. Huntington's chorea is a dominant lethal in humans. The disease does not appear until later in…

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Q: The normal sequence of nine genes on a certainDrosophila chromosome is 123 •   456789, where the…

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Q: Which chromosome lacks a polymorphic heterochromatic region often observed in G-banded chromosomes…

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Q: 17. A somatic cell in a human male contains No genes on the sex chromosome Genes on only on sex…

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Q: 24. Assume that genes A and B are not linked. If the probability of allele A in a gamete is 1/2 and…

A: Human beings contain 23 pairs of chromosomes out of which 22 pairs are autosomes and one pair are…

Q: 8. Down Syndrome most commonly results from having three copies (trisomy) of chromosome 21 instead…

A: Meiosis is responsible for producing the four haploid gametes from the parent cell.

Q: 13.14. On the following figures, genes A and B are on the X chromosome (blue) and both are subject…

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Q: 7) In cats, the gene for coat color is both X-linked and incompletely dominant. There are black coat…

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Q: 13. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a recessive lethal gene and can be detected by an excess…

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Q: *8.13 Mr. and Mrs. Lambert have not yet been able to produce a viable child. They have had two…

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Q: 16. In fruit flies, normal wings (N) are dominant over vestigial wings (n). This is not a sex-linked…

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Q: Why does the sex chromosome X carry the gene for eye color in Drosophila?

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Q: 17) There is a hypothetical gene in mice that produces a substance that induces twitchiness in hind…

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Q: 2. Within a mouse population, the black fur allele (B) i: dominant to the white fur allele (b) and…

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Q: 5. Cystic fibrosis in humans is caused by a recessive allele. Two unaffected parents have a child…

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