Essentials of Genetics (9th Edition) - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780134047799
Author: William S. Klug, Michael R. Cummings, Charlotte A. Spencer, Michael A. Palladino
Publisher: PEARSON
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Contrast the fertility of an allotetraploid with an autotriploid and an autotetraploid.
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Essentials of Genetics (9th Edition) - Standalone book
Ch. 6 - CASE STUDY| Fish tales Aquatic vegetation...Ch. 6 - CASE STUDY |Fish tales Aquatic vegetation...Ch. 6 - CASE STUDY |Fish tales
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3. Define these pairs of terms, and distinguish...Ch. 6 -
4. For a species with a diploid number of 18,...Ch. 6 - What explanation has been proposed to explain why...Ch. 6 - Contrast the fertility of an allotetraploid with...Ch. 6 -
7. Why do human monosomies most often fail to...
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8. Describe the origin of cultivated American...Ch. 6 - Predict how the synaptic configurations of...Ch. 6 - Inversions are said to “suppress crossing over.”...Ch. 6 -
11. Predict the genetic composition of gametes...Ch. 6 - Human adult hemoglobin is a tetramer containing...Ch. 6 -
13. The primrose, Primula kewensis, has 36...Ch. 6 - Certain varieties of chrysanthemums contain 18,...Ch. 6 - Drosophila may be monosomic for chromosome 4, yet...Ch. 6 - Mendelian ratios are modified in crosses involving...Ch. 6 -
17. Having correctly established the F2 ratio in...Ch. 6 -
18. In a cross between two varieties of corn,...Ch. 6 -
19. A couple planning their family are aware that...Ch. 6 -
20. A woman who sought genetic counseling is...Ch. 6 - The woman in Problem 20 has had two miscarriages....Ch. 6 -
22. In a recent cytogenetic study on 1021 cases...Ch. 6 -
23. A boy with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY) is...Ch. 6 - In a human genetic study, a family with five...Ch. 6 - A 3-year-old child exhibited some early indication...Ch. 6 - A normal female is discovered with 45 chromosomes,...
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