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Alleles DNA/RNA Genetics/Punnett Square

Heredity/Inheritance

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Alleles:

$100 Question

Two alleles expressing exactly the same information for a trait are designated as

a. monozygote

b. homozygous

c. heterozygous

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b. homozygous

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Alleles:

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Dominant alleles are so called because under most circumstances they

a. Code for genes that are never considered lethal

b. Code for most phenotypic and genotypic expressions of a trait

c. Code only for tallness and dark skin

d. Suppress the expression of other alleles BACK TO GAME

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d. Suppress the expression of other alleles

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Alleles:

$300 Question

Sex chromosomes of a normal male are:

a. XY

b. ZW

c. ZZ

d. XX

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a. XY

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Alleles:

$400 QuestionThose characteristics that can be determined on superfiical inspection of an individual are known as:?

a. polygenic

b. genotypic

c. polyspermic

d. phenotypic

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d. phenotypic

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Alleles:

$500 Question

The term used to describe “what your genes say you are”?

a. phenotypic

b. genotypic

c. Recessive traits

d. polygenic

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b. genotypic

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DNA

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What are the four bases of DNA?

What are the four bases of RNA?

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DNA

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Adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine

Adenine, guanine, cytosine, uracil

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DNA

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What shape is DNA?

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DNA

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Double helix

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DNA

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What is the sugar in DNA?

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DNA

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deoxyribose

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DNA

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What is the central dogma?

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DNA

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DNA --- RNA------ PTN

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DNA

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What is ATP?

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DNA

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Adenosine tri -phosphate

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Genetics

$100 QuestionIn squash, white (W) is dominant over yellow (w) and disk fruit shape (D) is dominant over sphere (d) fruit shape. Which of the following crosses would produce offspring in the ration of ¼ white sphere, ¼ yellow disk, ¼ yellow sphere, and ¼ white disk?:

a. WwDD x wwdd

b. WwDd x Wwdd

c. WwDd x wwdd

d. WwDd x WwDd

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c. WwDd x wwdd

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A client is heterozygous for sickle-cell anemia. Explain why the client would have few or not symptoms of sickle-cell anemia.

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Genetics :

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Shows both traits incomplete dominance

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In humans, farsightedness is inherited by possession of a dominant gene. If a man who is homozygous for normal vision (aa) marries a woman who is heterozygous for farsightedness, what proportion of their children would be expected to be farsighted?

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½ would have normal vision

½ would have farsightedness

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If a homozygous red bull mates with a heterozygous black cow, how many of their children will be homozygous and heterozygous and what color will they be?

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½ would be heterozygous Bb and ½ would be homozygous bb

½ would be black

½ would be red

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What is the genetic code?

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Genetics :

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Three letter based code that gives the correct amino acid for the translation

codon

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Heredity:

$100 QuestionAn example of multiple allele inheritance is:

a. Hair that seems to have several shades of a color.

b. The ABO blood group.

c. The appearance of birthmarks on the skin.

d. The appearance of freckles on the skin.

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b. The ABO blood group.

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A rabbit is black with long ears. This statement is best described as indicating:

a. allelic pairs.

b. recessive traits.

c. genotype.

d. phenotype.

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d. phenotype.

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An individual who is heterozygous for a particular trait, yet expresses both alleles of that trait, is and example of:

a. incomplete dominance.

b. dominance.

c. recessive inheritance.

d. sex-linked inheritance.

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a. incomplete dominance.

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$400 QuestionRecessive genes are usually expressed in humans only when:

a. the organism is in the embryonic stage.

b. both alleles are exactly the same, or homozygous.

c. they are coding for skin color.

d. they are coding for genetic diseases.

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b. both alleles are exactly the same, or homozygous.

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$500 Question

Mr. Jones with blood type AB and his wife, Mrs. Jones , with the blood type O have a child. They fear a mix-up has occurred at the hospital between the baby said to be theirs, having a blood type b and and a baby having the blood type AB. Which child belongs to the Jones family?

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d. The B child

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What is Transcription?

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The process by which messenger RNA is synthesized from a DNA template resulting in

the transfer of genetic information from the DNA molecule to the messenger RNA.

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What is Translation?

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The process by which messenger RNA directs the amino acid sequence of a growing polypeptide during protein

synthesis.

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What is mRNA?

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The form of RNA that mediates the transfer of genetic information from the cell nucleus to ribosomes in the cytoplasm, where it serves as a template for protein synthesis. It is synthesized from a DNA template during the process of transcription.

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What is tRNA?

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One of a class of RNA molecules that transport amino acids to ribosomes for incorporation into a polypeptide undergoing synthesis.

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What is rRNA?

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The RNA that is a permanent structural part of a ribosome.

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FINAL ROUND Question

What were the answers to the fuzzy wuzzy questions on your review sheet

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ANSWER

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The phenotypes of the first generation offspring are all fuzzy longhaired

The genotypes of the first generation

offspring are all F f T t

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