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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eye color is known to be controlled through ________. | polygenic inheritance |
| Y-linked disorders appear in ________. | male children |
| in codominant inheritance, how many distinct phenotypes are there? | two |
| branches of phylogenetic trees _________ | indicate evolutionary order |
| A mouse population that originally ranges from white to black becoming mostly grey over several generations is an example of what type of selection? | stabilizing |
| What technique can be used for studying the gene for cystic fibrosis? | molecular cloning |
| A specific gene can be altered in order to study its basic function via ________. | Gene targeting |
| Gene therapy can be used to introduce foreign DNA into cells ________. | of tissues to cure inheritable disease |
| Genomics is necessary in ongoing agricultural GMO efforts because ________. | genetic signatures need to be linked to traits |
| ________ are created by introducing recombinant DNA into an organism. | GMOs |
| In order to ________, macromolecules and RNA must be destroyed. | Isolate DNA |
| ________ involves evaluating drug effectiveness using an individual's genomic sequence. | pharmacogenomics |
| If you cross a true-breeding purple flower pea plant with a true-breeding white flower pea plant, which generation will tell you what trait is dominant? | F1 |
| True-breeding individuals are ________ for a characteristic. | homozygous |
| The flower color gene studied by Mendel affected three traits. This is an example of ________. | pleiotropic genes |
| a ________ trait will be observed only in individuals that are homozygous for that trait | recessive |
| which of the following is true of pleiotropic genes? | genes may affect multiple, seemingly unrelated aspects of phenotype |
| identify the phenotype combinations that indicate codominance. | MN blood types in humans |
| Mendel's law of independent assortment tells us that _________ | genes do not influence each other with regards to sorting into alleles and every possibility of allele combinations is equally likely |
| The genotype C^RC^W is an example of a(n) ________ trait. | incomplete dominant |
| To test Mendel's law of independent assortment, at a minimum you need to perform a ________ cross. | dihybrid |
| If tall stems is dominant to short stems in pansies, what type of stem will the offspring of a tall plant and a short plant have? | Tall |
| identify the phenotype combinations that indicate incomplete dominance | pink flowers from red and white parents |
| The norm of reaction is ultimately determined by ________ but is set by ________. | environmental exposures; the basic genotype |
| Only female individuals can ________ sex-linked disorders. | be carriers |
| Scientists studying shared anatomical features are looking at ________. | homologous structures |
| ________ is recognized as the father of evolution but ________ also helped develop the idea. | Charles Darwin; Alfred Wallace |
| According to ________, increased reproductive success is based on traits favored by a particular environment. | natural selection |
| An unrooted phylogenetic tree ________. | shows relationships but not lineage between species. |
| fossil evidence allows scientists to determine ____________. | when organisms lived relative to each other. |
| Natural selection is limited because it works at the __________ level. | individual |
| In order for organisms to change over generations, there must first be ________. | genetic variation |
| if two species share a trait- such as birds' and bats' wings -- they __________. | may have arisen under similar conditions without being related |
| which of the following is an example of directional selection? | a mouse population that is originally white in color becoming darker in color after several generations |
| A ________ in a phylogenetic tree represents when a single lineage split into a distinct new one. | branch point |
| identify the factors necessary for evolution by natural selection. | genetic variation among individuals |
| ________ is the sum of various forces which may not all be adaptive. | evolution |
| Sister taxa differ only in the feature indicated by a ________. | branch point |
| scientists use shared biological components such as ______ to determine relationships among the three domains of life. | ribosomes |
| allele frequencies are the __________. | ratios of alleles within a population. |
| If an organism receives foreign DNA from a different species through genetic manipulation, It is called _____ | Transgenic |
| Several human proteins are produced __________ | in the milk of transgenic goats |
| ________ developed the method widely used to sequence DNA. | Sager |
| The first genetically modified crop introduced onto the market was a ________. | tomato |
| DNA can be separated based on fragment size using ________. | gel electrophoresis |
| Cellular cloning can be used to study ______ | asexual reproduction |
| ________ trace female lineages. | mitochondrial genomics |
| Plants are usually genetically modified in order to ________. | introduce desirable traits |
| The first use of genomic analysis in forensics was to ________. | trace the post-9/11 anthrax mailings |
| Why is there often a lot of backlash and stigma surrounding GMO crops? | People believe GMOs are not safe |
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