Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Explain why the percentage of recombinant offspring in a testcross is a more accurate measure of map distance when two genes are close together. When two genes are far apart, is the percentage of recombinant offspring an underestimate or overestimate of the actual map distance?
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Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Ch. 6.1 - 1. Genetic linkage occurs because
a. genes that...Ch. 6.1 - In the experiment by Bateson and Punnett, which of...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 6.2 - Prob. 2COMQCh. 6.2 - 3. For a chi square analysis involving genes that...Ch. 6.3 - Answer the multiple-choice questions based on the...Ch. 6.3 - Answer the multiple-choice questions based on the...Ch. 6.4 - 1. A tetrad of spores in an ascus is the product...Ch. 6.4 - Prob. 2COMQCh. 6.5 - 1. The process of mitotic recombination involves...
Ch. 6 - 1. What is the difference in meaning between the...Ch. 6 - 2. When a chi square analysis is applied to solve...Ch. 6 - 3. What is mitotic recombination? A heterozygous...Ch. 6 - 4. Mitotic recombination can occasionally produce...Ch. 6 - 5. A crossover has occurred in the bivalent shown...Ch. 6 - A crossover has occurred in the bivalent shown...Ch. 6 - A diploid organism has a total of 14 chromosomes...Ch. 6 - If you try to throw a basketball into a basket,...Ch. 6 - 9. By conducting testcrosses, researchers have...Ch. 6 - In humans, a rare dominant disorder known as...Ch. 6 - 11. When true-breeding mice with brown fur and...Ch. 6 - Though we often think of genes in terms of the...Ch. 6 - 13. If the likelihood of a single crossover in a...Ch. 6 - 14. In most two-factor crosses involving linked...Ch. 6 - Researchers have discovered that some regions of...Ch. 6 - 16. Describe the unique features of ascomycetes...Ch. 6 - Figure 6.1 shows the first experimental results...Ch. 6 - In the experiment of Figure 6.6, Stern followed...Ch. 6 - 3. Explain the rationale behind a testcross. Is it...Ch. 6 - 4. In your own words, explain why a testcross...Ch. 6 - Explain why the percentage of recombinant...Ch. 6 - 6. If two genes are more thanapart, how would you...Ch. 6 - 7. In Morgan’s three-factor crosses of Figure 6.3,...Ch. 6 - Two genes are located on the same chromosome and...Ch. 6 - 9. Two genes, designated A and B, are locatedfrom...Ch. 6 - 10. Two genes in tomatoes areapart; normal fruit...Ch. 6 - In the tomato, three genes are linked on the same...Ch. 6 - A trait in garden peas involves the curling of...Ch. 6 - Prob. 13EQCh. 6 - 14. In the garden pea, several different genes...Ch. 6 - A sex-influenced trait is dominant in males and...Ch. 6 - Three recessive traits in garden pea plants are as...Ch. 6 - In mice, a trait called snubnose is recessive to a...Ch. 6 - 18. In Drosophila, an allele causing vestigial...Ch. 6 - 19. Three autosomal genes are linked along the...Ch. 6 - 20. Let’s suppose that two different X-linked...Ch. 6 - Prob. 21EQCh. 6 - In mice, a dominant allele that causes a short...Ch. 6 - 2. In Chapter 3, we discussed the idea that the X...Ch. 6 - Mendel studied seven traits in pea plants, and the...
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