HUMAN GENETICS: PEDIGREES

What do half colored symbols represent?

• The individual is a carrier.
• The individual expresses the trait.
• The individual has both recessive alleles.
• The individual has both dominant alleles.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which individual in the first generation is a carrier?

• The male
• The female
• individual 1
• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Chromosome that is not a sex chromosome

• Chromosome
• Autosome
• Sex Chromosome
• Homologous pair

Chart that shows the relationships within a family

• Pedigree
• Karyotype
• T chart
• Key

In the second generation-how many people have the disease or display the physical trait?

• 2
• 4
• 5
• 6

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Looking at this pedigree, how many female family members are carriers?

• 1
• 3
• 10
• 7

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be what?

• sex-linked trait
• polygenic trait
• codominant trait
• incomplete dominance trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

This is an example of what?

• Complete dominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Codominance
• None of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the mode of inheritance shown here?

• Autosomal Dominant
• Sex Linked
• Autosomal Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What is the mode of inheritance shown here?

• Autosomal Recessive
• Autosomal Dominant
• Sex Linked

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2