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WorksheetsNon-Mendelian Genetics Overview
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
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Class
Date
1.
This picture shows what the red blood cell of someone with sickle cell anemia. This disorder is carried on the X chromosome and is most common in sub-saharan populations. What type of inheritance pattern must it follow?
a)
codominance
b)
sex-linked inheritance
c)
multiple allele inheritance
d)
incomplete dominance
2.
This diagram represents what type of inheritance pattern?
a)
sex-linked inheritance
b)
complete dominance
c)
codominance
d)
incomplete dominance
3.
How many phenotypes are there in ABO blood types?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
6
d)
12
4.
What is this diagram called? What do the circles represent?
a)
karyotype, males
b)
karyotype, females
c)
pedigree, females
d)
pedigree, males
5.
What is this tool used for?
a)
to compare DNA of two individuals
b)
read braille
c)
analyze genetic disorders in many generations of individuals
d)
analyze genetic disorders in one individual
6.
How many children do #5 & #6 have?
a)
1 male child
b)
2 male and 2 female children
c)
2 male children
d)
1 daughter and 1 son
7.
What do the shaded shapes represent?
a)
normal individuals
b)
individuals who have the trait
c)
carriers
d)
deceased
8.
ABO blood types are an example of what type of inheritance?
a)
multiple alleles
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
polygenic inheritance
d)
genetic mutations
9.
AB blood type is an example of what type of inheritance?
a)
complete dominance
b)
incomplete dominance
c)
codominance
d)
polygenic inheritance
10.
There are many variations in skin color that can be inherited based on the combination of alleles that you inherit from your mom and dad. This bell curve distribution is an example of
a)
incomplete dominance
b)
codominance
c)
multiple alleles
d)
polygenic inheritance
11.
If this image were real, it would represent what type of inheritance?
a)
incomplete dominance
b)
codominance
c)
polygenic inheritance
d)
compete dominance
12.
What gender of offspring are most often affected by sex-linked inheritance? What gender are usually carriers of the trait?
a)
males, males
b)
females, males
c)
males, females
d)
females, females
13.
What is the disorder in this karyotype?
a)
this karyotype is normal
b)
deletion of #5
c)
trisomy 21, down syndrome
d)
Klinefelter's syndrome
14.
What gender is this individual?
a)
male
b)
female
c)
we cannot tell using a karyotype?
15.
Chromosome pairs #s 1-22 are called
a)
mutations
b)
genosomes
c)
sex chromosomes
d)
autosomes
16.
The image shows the pattern of inheritance for colorblindness. From this diagram we can tell that colorblindness is
a)
a codominant trait
b)
a sex-linked trait
c)
carried on the Y chromosome
d)
is associated with a dominant allele
17.
For any given trait there may be more than two choices for alleles, the trait may be inherited on more than one gene or chromosome, and there are many types of inheritance patterns it may follow, however, for each trait you may only inherit how many alleles?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
23
d)
46
18.
How much of your DNA do you inherit from your mom?
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
it varies
19.
What is the diploid number in human cells?
a)
2
b)
23
c)
46
d)
92
20.
What is the result of meiosis?
a)
2 daughter cells that are haploid and genetically different
b)
2 daughter cells that are haploid & identical
c)
4 daughter cells that are diploid & genetically different
d)
4 daughter cells that are haploid & genetically different
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