Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Genetics: Analysis and Principles
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ISBN: 9781259616020
Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Thomas Hunt Morgan worked on Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) and was responsible for giving a concrete proof that genes are physically located close to each other and inherited as a complete unit. His work on sex-linked inheritance is an important part of genetics.

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What is the difference between a monohybrid cross and a dihybrid cross?    A.  A monohybrid cross involves a single parent, whereas a dihybrid cross involves two parents.  B.  A monohybrid cross produces a single progeny, whereas a dihybrid cross produces two progeny.  C.  A monohybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for a single trait, whereas a dihybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for two traits.  D.  A monohybrid cross is performed only once, whereas a dihybrid cross is performed twice.
In your own words, explain why a testcross cannot produce more than 50% recombinant offspring. When a testcross does produce 50% recombinant offspring, what does this result mean?
Morgan observed a higher number of recombinant offspring involvingeye color and wing length (401 + 318) than recombinants forbody color and eye color (17 + 12). These results occurred because a. the genes affecting eye color and wing length are fartherapart on the X chromosome than are the genes affectingbody color and eye color.b. the genes affecting eye color and wing length are closer togetheron the X chromosome than are the genes affectingbody color and eye color.c. the gene affecting wing length is not on the X chromosome.d. the gene affecting body color is not on the X chromosome.

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Genetics: Analysis and Principles

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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