EBK GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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Chapter 4, Problem 18P
In the moss Polytrichum commune, the haploid chromosome number is 7. A haploid male gamete fuses with a haploid female gamete to form a diploid cell that divides and develops into the multicellular sporophyte. Cells of the sporophyte then undergo meiosis to produce haploid cells called spores. What is the probabaility that an individual spore will contain a set of chromosomes all of which came from the male gamete. Assume that no recombination has occurs.
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In the moss Polytrichum commune, the haploidchromosome number is 7. A haploid male gametefuses with a haploid female gamete to form a diploid cell that divides and develops into the multicellular sporophyte. Cells of the sporophyte thenundergo meiosis to produce haploid cells calledspores. What is the probability that an individualspore will contain a set of chromosomes all ofwhich came from the male gamete?
When the Ascomycetes fungus reproduces sexually, mating type A fungi cross fertilize mating type a fungi. The resulting zygotes undergo meiotic and then mitotic division to produce asci with eight ascospores. The ascospores in the asci are ordered and reflect the position of the parental nuclei in the zygote.
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A fungus with white spores cross fertilizes a fungus with black spores. If 10% of the progeny bear white spores while 90% of the progeny bear black spores, what must be true?
A. The trait for spore color is determined by exactly one gene.
B. The trait for spore color is determined by more than one gene.
C. The allele for black spores is dominant over that for white spores.
D. The allele for white spores is dominant over that for black spores.
When the Ascomycetes fungus reproduces sexually, mating type A fungi cross fertilize mating type a fungi. The resulting zygotes undergo meiotic and then mitotic division to produce asci with eight ascospores. The ascospores in the asci are ordered and reflect the position of the parental nuclei in the zygote.
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Although ascospores are produced by mitotic division, none of the spores develop into fungi that are identical to either parental hyphae. What is the BEST explanation for this observation?
A. The spores inherit half their genes from each parent.
B. The spores inherit haploid nuclei from their parents.
C. The spores inherit mutations as a result of meiosis.
D. The spores inherit mutations as a result of mitosis.
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EBK GENETICS: FROM GENES TO GENOMES
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