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BIO 184
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1.
2.
Puzzle is a male calico cat. Which of the following would explain his phenotype?
a.
XY
b.
XXY
c.
X
d.
XYY
e.
None of the above
3.
In guinea pigs, if a pure-breeding male with a solid brown coat is mated to a pure-breeding female with a
solid white coat, all the offspring have grey coats. This is an example of
a.
overdominance
b.
incomplete dominance
c.
codominance
d.
X-inactivation
e.
None of the above
4.
5.
If a pure-breeding Australian Shepard with gold eyes is crossed with a pure-breeding partner with blue
eyes, all of the offspring have gold eyes. When these offspring are crossed to one another, some have
gold eyes, some have blue eyes, and some have green eyes. This is an example of
a.
sex-influence
b.
incomplete dominance
c.
codominance
d.
epistasis
e.
incomplete penetrance
6.
In tomato, Y = yellow flowers, y = white flowers; D = dark leaves, d = pale leaves. A dihybrid tomato plant
is test crossed with the following results: 456 yellow flowers, pale leaves; 462 white flowers, dark leaves;
38 yellow flowers, dark leaves; 40 white flowers, pale leaves. These data indicate:
a.
Flower color is under the control of two genes.
b.
One of the dihybrids parents had yellow flowers and pale leaves.
c.
The genes for flower color and leaf color assort independently.
d.
Gene linkage, with a map distance > 50 cM.
e.
None of the above
7.
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9.
10.
In honey bees, A = antenna, a = no antenna. A queen with antennae is crossed with a male that lacks
antennae. All the offspring are females and they all have antennae. Whats going on?
a.
Sex-linkage
b.
Sex-influence
c.
Sex-limited
d.
X-inactivation
e.
Males are haploid
11.
12.
13.
Mary is shocked when she learns that she has testicular cancer! What genetic phenomenon can explain
this?
a.
Haploidy
b.
X-inactivation
c.
Androgen insensitivity
d.
Sex reversal mutant
e.
X-linkage
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12 wide pouch, big ears; 8 narrow pouch, big ears; 9 wide pouch, little ears; 13 narrow pouch, little ears.
(p = 0.45).
a.
Independent assortment
b.
Linked genes located approximately 60 cM apart
c.
Linked genes located approximately 40 cM apart
d.
Narrow pouch is semi-lethal
e.
Little ears is semi-lethal
15.
36 wide pouch, big ears; 49 narrow pouch, big ears; 52 wide pouch, little ears; 34 narrow pouch, little
ears. (p = 0.039).
a.
Independent assortment
b.
Linked genes located approximately 60 cM apart
c.
Linked genes located approximately 40 cM apart
d.
Narrow pouch is semi-lethal
e.
Little ears is semi-lethal
16.
Male Idaho Hummingbirds have bright, iridescent red wings. Females have dull-colored wings. Which of
the following could cause this sexual dimorphism?
a.
Z-linkage
b.
W-linkage
c.
The allele for red wings is dominant in males and recessive in females.
d.
The allele for red wings is only expressed in males.
e.
None of the above
17.
18.
In Green-bellied snakes, G = green belly, g = brown belly. When a pure-breeding green-bellied snake is
crossed to a brown-bellied one, all of the offspring have green and brown stripes. This is an example of
a.
Codominance
b.
Incomplete dominance
c.
Overdominance
d.
Complete dominance
e.
Underdominance
19.
The allele for color-blindness is located on the X chromosome. Carissa is color-blind in one eye but not in
the other. Which of the following might explain this?
a.
Epistasis
b.
X-inactivation
c.
Incomplete penetrance
d.
Overdominance
e.
Dominant semi-lethal allele
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21.
In Northeastern Finches, ff chicks are born without feathers and die of cold soon after hatching. Despite
its deleterious phenotype, the f allele is very common and about 10% of Northeastern Finches are
heterozygous. This high level of heterozygosity can be explained by
a.
variable expressivity
b.
semi-lethal allele
c.
overdominance
d.
gene linkage
e.
Mendels First Law
22.
How many gametes are produced by an orchid plant with the genotype GgHhTT?
a.
1
b.
2
c.
4
d.
6
e.
8
23.
If you cross a trihybrid pea plant with a tester, what fraction of the offspring will be trihybrid?
a.
1/2
b.
1/4
c.
1/8
d.
3/8
e.
9/16
24.
Evan is 45 years old and pattern bald. He reads that the castrati were protected against pattern baldness
because they didnt have testicles. Oddly, Evan cares more about his hair than his testicles, so he has his
testicles surgically removed. Whats true of Evan now?
a.
He has a full head of hair.
b.
He has a lovely soprano singing voice.
c.
He is extremely hairy all over, not just on his head.
d.
He has two X chromosomes.
e.
He is a middle-aged pattern-bald man with no testicles.
25.
Wild iris comes in three shades of purple: lavender, mauve, and heliotrope. If two pure-breeding plants
are crossed, the F1s are mauve. In the F2s, mauve is the most common, followed by heliotrope and then
lavender. Which of the following is probably true?
a.
Pure-breeding plants are either mauve or lavender.
b.
Dihybrids are heliotrope.
c.
Testers are heliotrope.
d.
One gene controls the trait with two incompletely dominant alleles.
e.
None of the above
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26.
27.
Karina has cystic fibrosis and is hospitalized for lung infections on a regular basis. Her sister, Clara, also has
the disease. However, Claras symptoms are easily controlled at home (she is rarely hospitalized). What
explains the difference in the two girls phenotypes?
a.
Variable penetrance
b.
Variable expressivity
c.
Incomplete penetrance
d.
Incomplete expressivity
e.
Overdominance
28.
A mouse has the genotype HHTt. Which of the following gametes does it produce?
a.
HH
b.
Tt
c.
HT
d.
hT
e.
All of the above
29.
30.
In lobster, Y = yellow, y = wild-type. Two Yy lobsters are crossed with the following results: 155 yellow : 62
wild-type. What explains this outcome?
a.
All yellow lobsters are heterozygous.
b.
Some of the yellow offspring died before they could be counted.
c.
Some of the wild-type offspring died before they could be counted.
d.
Yellow is the most common phenotype in the population.
e.
None of the above
31.
32.
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34.
35.
36.
The horn length of unicorns ranges from 45 cm to 102 cm. When the horns of hundreds of unicorns are
measured, the distribution forms a bell curve like that shown below. The y axis represents the number of
unicorns with each measured horn length.