Mutations and Pedigrees
Authored by Emily Erlendson
Biology
9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of genetic disorder is shown by this pedigree?
Recessive
X-Linked Recessive
Dominant
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of genetic disorder is shown by this pedigree?
Recessive
X-Linked Recessive
Dominant
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of genetic disorder is shown by this pedigree?
Recessive
X-Linked Recessive
Dominant
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disorder. When someone has cystic fibrosis, one of the nitrogenous bases in their DNA sequence gets deleted. What type of mutation is this?
Frameshift
Point Mutation
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sickle cell anemia is a recessive genetic disorder. When someone has sickle cell anemia, one of their nitrogenous bases in their DNA seqence has been switched to an incorrect one. What type of mutation is this?
Frameshift
Point Mutation
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following accurately describes genotypes and phenotypes when describing an autosomal recessive disorder?
AA: has disease
Aa: has disease
aa: does not have disease
XaXa: has disease
XaY: has disease
XAXA: does not have disease
XAXa: does not have disease
XAY: does not have disease
aa: has disease
Aa: does not have disease
AA: does not have disease
aa: has disease
Aa: has disease
AA: does not have disease
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following accurately describes genotypes and phenotypes when describing an autosomal dominant disorder?
AA: has disease
Aa: has disease
aa: does not have disease
XaXa: has disease
XaY: has disease
XAXA: does not have disease
XAXa: does not have disease
XAY: does not have disease
aa: has disease
Aa: does not have disease
AA: does not have disease
aa: has disease
Aa: has disease
AA: does not have disease
Tags
NGSS.HS-LS3-2
NGSS.HS-LS3-1
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