Heredity Notes - CP Bio

Heredity Notes - CP Bio

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What is the difference between sexual and asexual reproduction?

G2 - PREPARES FOR MITOSIS

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In what stage of the cell cycle is DNA replicated?

• G1

• S

• G2

• M

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In what stage does the cell grow?

• G1

• S

• G2

• M

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What is cancer

• controlled cell development

• controlled cell division

• uncontrollable cell division

• uncontrollable cellular growth

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What is a mutagen

• all chemicals

• causes mutations

• disrupts cell cycle

• can cause cancer

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Explain the difference between mitosis and meiosis - give one at least

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True/false : all the cells in your body have the same DNA (besides sperm and egg)

• True

• False

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How many pairs of chromosomes are found in your body cells?

• 23

• 46

• 12

• 52

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Cross-over creates

• mutations

• death

• genetic diversity

• genetic continuity

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What is genetics?

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A segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein is called

• a nucleic acid

• a polypeptide

• a polysacharide

• a gene

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What is an allele

• alternative version of a gene

• a place of a chromosome

• a specific protein

• mRNA

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AA is

• homozygous dominanant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous dominant

• heterozygous recessive

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aa is

• homozygous dominanant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous dominant

• heterozygous recessive

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Aa is

• homozygous dominanant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous dominant

• heterozygous recessive

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What is a testcross

• mating the individual with a homozygous recessive individual

• mating the individual with a homozygous dominant individual

• mating the individual with a heterozygous individual

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What is the effect of two genes being next to each other on the same chromosome?

• They are assorted together

• they are assorted separately

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Complete dominance is

• blending of traits

• one trait is always dominant over the other

• one trait is sometimes dominant over the other

• both traits are dominant

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Codominance is

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RR= Red

WW= White

RW= Pink

• Complete dominance

• Codominance

• incomplete dominance

• sex linked inheritance

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RR= Red

WW= White

RW= Red and white

• Complete dominance

• Codominance

• incomplete dominance

• sex linked inheritance

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RR= Red

rr= White

Rr= Red

• Complete dominance

• Codominance

• incomplete dominance

• sex linked inheritance

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A male is

• XX

• XY

• YY

• YX

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A female is

• XX

• XY

• YY

• YX

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What is sex linked inheritance ?

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In sex linked inheritance who is more likely to get a recessive trait?

• Male

• female

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Where do sex linked recessive traits usually come from?

• maternal mother

• paternal mother

• maternal grandmother

• maternal grandfather

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What is pleiotropy?

• when one gene affects another gene

• when one gene has multiple genotypes

• when one gene has multiple phenotypic effects

• when multiple genes impact one phenotypic effect

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What is epistasis?

• when one gene alters the phenotypic effects of another gene at another location

• when one gene has multiple genotypes

• when one gene has multiple phenotypic effects

• when multiple genes impact one phenotypic effect

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What is polygenic inheritance?

• when one gene alters the phenotypic effects of another gene at another location

• when one gene has multiple genotypes

• when one gene has multiple phenotypic effects

• when multiple genes impact one phenotypic effect

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In a pedigree a male is shown by using a

• circle

• square

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Chi squared test is used to

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explain gene therapy

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suspect 1 or 2

• 1

• 2

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What are GMOs?