Genetics: Analysis and Principles

6th Edition

ISBN: 9781259616020

Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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How does a chromosomal duplication occur?

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Ch. 8.1 - 1. A chromosome that is metacentric has its...Ch. 8.1 - Staining eukaryotic chromosomes is useful because...Ch. 8.2 - Prob. 1COMQ Ch. 8.3 - Which of the following statements is correct? a....Ch. 8.3 - Prob. 2COMQ Ch. 8.4 - 1. A paracentric inversion a. includes the...Ch. 8.4 - Due to crossing over within an inversion loop, a...Ch. 8.4 - 3. A mechanism that may cause a translocation is...Ch. 8.5 - 1. Humans have 23 chromosomes per set. A person...Ch. 8.6 - Prob. 1COMQ

Ch. 8.6 - Prob. 2COMQ Ch. 8.7 - The term endopolyploidy refers to the phenomenon...Ch. 8.7 - 2. In agriculture, an advantage of triploidy in...Ch. 8.8 - Prob. 1COMQ Ch. 8.8 - The somatic cells of an allotetraploid contain a....Ch. 8 - 1. Which changes in chromosome structure cause a...Ch. 8 - Prob. 2CONQ Ch. 8 - 3. How does a chromosomal duplication occur? Ch. 8 - 4. What is a gene family? How are gene families...Ch. 8 - Prob. 5CONQ Ch. 8 - Two chromosomes have the following orders for...Ch. 8 - An inversion heterozygote has the following...Ch. 8 - Prob. 8CONQ Ch. 8 - Explain why inversions and reciprocal...Ch. 8 - 10. An individual has the following reciprocal...Ch. 8 - A phenotypically normal individual has the...Ch. 8 - 12. Two phenotypically normal parents produce a...Ch. 8 - With regard to the segregation of centromeres, why...Ch. 8 - Prob. 14CONQ Ch. 8 - Prob. 15CONQ Ch. 8 - 16. A phenotypically abnormal individual has a...Ch. 8 - 17. A diploid fruit fly has eight chromosomes. How...Ch. 8 - Prob. 18CONQ Ch. 8 - Prob. 19CONQ Ch. 8 - 20. Aneuploidy is typically detrimental, whereas...Ch. 8 - 21. Explain how aneuploidy, deletions, and...Ch. 8 - Prob. 22CONQ Ch. 8 - 23. A cytogeneticist has collected tissue samples...Ch. 8 - Prob. 24CONQ Ch. 8 - A zookeeper has collected a male and a female...Ch. 8 - Prob. 26CONQ Ch. 8 - 27. What is mosaicism? How is it produced? Ch. 8 - 28. Explain how polytene chromosomes of Drosophila...Ch. 8 - 29. Describe some of the advantages of polyploid...Ch. 8 - 30. While conducting field studies on a chain of...Ch. 8 - Prob. 31CONQ Ch. 8 - Which of the following terms should not be used to...Ch. 8 - Prob. 33CONQ Ch. 8 - Prob. 34CONQ Ch. 8 - A triploid plant has 18 chromosomes (i.e., 6...Ch. 8 - Prob. 36CONQ Ch. 8 - Prob. 37CONQ Ch. 8 - 38. A woman who is heterozygous, Bb, has brown...Ch. 8 - 39. What is an allodiploid? What factor determines...Ch. 8 - Prob. 40CONQ Ch. 8 - 41. Table 8.1 shows that Turner syndrome occurs...Ch. 8 - 42. Male honeybees, which are haploid, produce...Ch. 8 - Prob. 1EQ Ch. 8 - Prob. 2EQ Ch. 8 - With regard to the analysis of chromosome...Ch. 8 - 4. Describe how colchicine can be used to alter...Ch. 8 - 5. Describe the steps you would take to produce a...Ch. 8 - Prob. 6EQ Ch. 8 - What are G bands? Discuss how G bands are useful...Ch. 8 - A female fruit fly has one normal X chromosome and...Ch. 8 - Prob. 2QSDC Ch. 8 - Besides the ones mentioned in this textbook, look...Ch. 8 - Prob. 4QSDC Ch. 8 - 5. Discuss the importance of gene families at the...

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Solution Summary: The author explains that chromosomal duplication or gene amplification is the mechanism by which new genetic material is formed during the evolution of molecular materials.

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