These documents have been collected from the power points, web assignments, and office hours of Genetics (GEN 3000) taught by Kate Tsai at Clemson University. I received an A in this course.
Which term describes the phenomenon that occurs when the expression of one gene pair masks the expression of another gene pair?
Epistasis
Disjunction occurs during…Anaphase.
In many species, there are two representatives of each chromosome. In such species, the characteristic number of chromosomes is called the ________ number. It is usually symbolized as________. Diploid; 2n
How do mammals, including humans, solve the “dosage problem” caused by the presence of an X
and Y chromosome in one sex and two X chromosomes in the other sex?
In females, one of the X chromosomes is condensed and largely inactive so that each sex has one active X chromosome.
How did Mendel's work support the chromosomal theory of inheritance? The behavior of chromosomes during meiosis, as observed under a microscope, correlated with Mendel’s principles of inheritance.
Klinefelter syndrome in humans, which leads to underdeveloped testes and sterility, is caused by which chromosomal condition?
47, XXY
If a typical somatic cell has 64 chromosomes, how many chromosomes are expected in each gamete of that organism?
32
Genetics is defined as the branch of biology associated with ________.
Heredity and variation
Some genes and mutations vary in their phenotypic expression. What term describes a disorder that is NOT expressed by everyone who carries a mutation?
incomplete penetrance
________ occurs when the offspring's phenotype is under the control of the mother's nuclear gene products that are present in the egg.
Maternal effect Complementation analysis is used to determine __________.
whether two mutations that produce the same phenotype reside in the same or different genes
Which two genotypes in an individual would be expressed as the same phenotype
in a diploid organism?
Homozygous dominant and heterozygous.
What genetic criteria distinguish a case of extranuclear inheritance from a case of Mendelian autosomal inheritance?
In extranuclear inheritance, one parent contributes to the traits in the offspring.
What genetic criteria distinguish a case of extranuclear inheritance from a case of X-linked inheritance? The patterns of extranuclear inheritance are often not influenced by the sex of the offspring.
Which of the following is incorrect? -a locus is a gene site on a chromosome
- sex chromosomes are not strictly homologous -a karyotype is generated from a metaphase spread -homologous chromosomes contain identical genetic information -an allele is an alternate form of the same gene
Checkpoints are pauses between phases of the cell cycle during which a cell determines whether or not it is ready to proceed to the next phase. For example, because a cell with damaged DNA can lead to cancer if it is allowed to divide, it usually arrests the cell cycle until the damage can be repaired. At which phase(s) of the cell cycle would a cell normally check for the integrity of its DNA?
G1/S and G2/M phases
What information can be obtained from a human pedigree?
Pedigree analysis can help determine how a trait is inherited.
A __________ chromosome has its centromere located very close to, but not on, the end of the chromosome.
Acrocentric
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