Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)

2nd Edition

ISBN: 9780321948908

Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 2, Problem 19P

If two six-sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the total number of spots showing is

(a) 4?

(b) 7?

(d) an odd number?

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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)

Ch. 2 - 1. Compare and contrast the following terms: a....Ch. 2 - For the cross , what is the expected genotype...Ch. 2 - 37. Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - In mice, black coat color is dominant to white...Ch. 2 - Two parents plan to have three children. What is...Ch. 2 - Consider the cross AaBbCCAABbCc. a. How many...Ch. 2 - If a chi-square test produces a chi-square value...Ch. 2 - 8. Determine whether the statements below are...Ch. 2 - In the datura plant, purple flower color is...Ch. 2 - 10. The dorsal pigment pattern of frogs can be...

Ch. 2 - 11. Black skin color is dominant to pink skin...Ch. 2 - A male mouse with brown fur color is mated to two...Ch. 2 - 13. Figure 2.12 shows the results of Mendel’s...Ch. 2 - 14. An experienced goldfish breeder receives two...Ch. 2 - 15. The accompanying pedigree shows the...Ch. 2 - 16. A geneticist crosses a pure-breeding strain...Ch. 2 - Suppose an F1 plant from Problem 16 is crossed to...Ch. 2 - 18. In pea plants, the appearance of flowers along...Ch. 2 - 19. If two six-sided dice are rolled, what is the...Ch. 2 - Experimental Insight 2.1 describes data, collected...Ch. 2 - 21. The accompanying pedigree shows the...Ch. 2 - 22. The seeds in bush bean pods are each the...Ch. 2 - List all the different gametes that are possible...Ch. 2 - Organisms with the genotypes AABbCcDd and AaBbCcDd...Ch. 2 - 52. In humans, the ability to bend the thumb...Ch. 2 - In the fruit fly Drosophila, a rudimentary wing...Ch. 2 - In pea plants, plant height, seed shape, and seed...Ch. 2 - A variety of pea plant called Blue Persian...Ch. 2 - 29. In tomato plants, the production of red fruit...Ch. 2 - A male and a female are each heterozygous for both...Ch. 2 - 31. In a sample of families with children each,...Ch. 2 - Prob. 32P Ch. 2 - A woman expressing a dominant phenotype is...Ch. 2 - Two parents who are each known to be carriers of...Ch. 2 - 33. An organism having the genotype AaBbCcDdEe is...Ch. 2 - 34. A man and a woman are each heterozygous...Ch. 2 - For a single dice roll, there is a 16 chance that...Ch. 2 - You have four guinea pigs for a genetic study. One...Ch. 2 - 37. Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - Sweet yellow tomatoes with a pear shape bring a...Ch. 2 - A cross between a spicy variety of Capsicum annum...Ch. 2 - Alkaptonuria is an infrequent autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - 41. Humans vary in many ways from one another....Ch. 2 - 42. In chickens, the presence of feathers on the...Ch. 2 - 43. A pure-breeding fruit fly with the...Ch. 2 - 44. Situs inversus is a congenital condition in...Ch. 2 - 45. Domestic dogs evolved from ancestral grey...Ch. 2 - Alleles of the IGF-1 gene in dogs, encoding...Ch. 2 - 49. The Basalt Seed Lending Library run by the...

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