Biology Chapter 12 Test

The sex of an offspring is determined by _____.

• the mother
• the father
• the mother and the father
• by the environment

Sex-linked characteristics _____.

• occur mostly in males
• occur mostly in females
• occur equally in males and females
• occur only in gametes

_____ that belong to the same linkage group tend to be inherited together.

• Multiple alleles
• Complex characters
• Single-alleles 
• Linked genes

Mutations that do not affect an organism but can be passed onto offspring are _____ mutations.

• somatic-cell
• germ-cell
• lethal
• point

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What type of mutation is shown if a sequence in a chromosome is ACCTAGCGCTT and after the mutation the sequence was ACCGCGATCTT?

• insertion
• deletion
• inversion
• translocation

Which type of point mutation does not result in a frameshift mutation?

• insertion
• substitution
• deletion
• translocation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What would the symbol indicate in a pedigree?

• a female
• a male
• a marriage between a male and a female
• offspring produced by mating

When analyzing a pedigree, if the offspring are produced with a genetic disorder, the parents would _____ if they are a carrier.

• display the recessive trait
• have two dominant alleles of the trait
• would display the dominant trait
• have two recessive alleles of the trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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Which of the following can cause genetic disorders?

• damaged genes
• faulty proteins
• genetic mutations
• damaged genes, faulty proteins, and genetic mutations

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Polygenic traits are influenced by _____.

• several genes
• both by the environment and by genes
• linked genes
• codominant genes

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