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Ch. 14.3

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True or False Genetic tests are now available for hundreds of disorders making it possible for parents to consider the risk of passing on defective alleles.   True  
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What is it called when DNA is used to identify individuals?   DNA fingerprinting  
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Name the ongoing effort to analyze and map the human DNA sequence.   The Human Genome Project  
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Name the technique of replacing an absent or faulty gene with a normal working gene.   gene therapy  
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Can a colorblind female have a normal color vision son?   No  
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What is being used to transfer a healthy copy of a gene into cells with defective genes?   virus  
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What is the approximate probability that a human offspring will be female?   50%  
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What is shown in a karyotype?   homologous chromosomes, sex chromosomes, and autosomes  
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Does BB and Bi result in the same blood phenotype?   yes  
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If you have PKU, did you inherit a recessive allele from each parent?   yes  
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A boy who has hemophilia inherited the disorder from his _______________.   mother  
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A person can be tested for the allele that causes Tay-Sachs disease because the ___________________ of that allele is different from that of the normal allele.   DNA sequence  
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A(n) ________ can be used to determine whether a person has inherited the normal number of chromosomes.   karyotype  
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Which blood type alleles are codominant?   A and B  
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Which blood type alleles are not codominant?   A and i or B and i  
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People who have sickle cell disease inherited ________ copy(ies) of the sickle cell allele.   two  
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A man who does not have hemophilia and a woman who is a carrier of the disorder have a son. What is the probability that their son has hemophilia?   50%  
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Name the condition of XXY sex chromosomes.   Klinefelter's syndrome  
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Name the condition of XO sex chromosomes.   Turner's syndrome  
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