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Wolbachia & Reproductive Parasitism

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Wolbachia is an obligate, intracellular _________

a)

Symbiont

b)

Endosymbiont

c)

Virus

d)

Heartworm

2.

Wolbachia lives within the cells of its ___ host

a)

eukaryotic

b)

filarial

c)

endosymbiotic

d)

prokaryotic

3.

Wolbachia infects approximately ___ of all arthropods

a)

20%

b)

95%

c)

40%

d)

70%

4.

Wolbachia resides in ___ tissues, such as ovaries and testes.

a)

somatic

b)

reproductive

c)

bone

d)

cartilage

5.

Like ___, Wolbachia is ___ - transmitted.

a)

parthenogenesis, paternally

b)

mitochondria,

paternally

c)

heartworm, maternally

d)

mitochondria, maternally

6.

Wolbachia infections can be treated with ___.

a)

antibiotics

b)

NSAIDS

c)

probiotics

d)

analgesics

7.

___ is the genetic code (DNA) responsible for a particular trait.

a)

pretype

b)

genotype

c)

reprotype

d)

phenotype

8.

___ is the visible or expressed trait.

a)

phenotype

b)

genotype

c)

filotype

9.

What is it called when males die during embryogenesis?

(one of four reproductive phenotypes)

a)

feminization

b)

male-killing

c)

parthenogenesis

d)

cytoplasmic incompatibility

10.

What is it called when females reproduce asexually?

(one of the four reproductive phenotypes)

a)

cytoplasmic incompatibility

b)

feminization

c)

male-killing

d)

parthenogenesis

11.

What is it called when genetic males develop as phenotypic females?

(one of four reproductive phenotypes)

a)

feminization

b)

male-killing

c)

parthenogenesis

d)

cytoplasmic incompatibility

12.

What is it called when Wolbachia-infected males can successfully mate with only females harboring the same infection?

(one of four reproductive phenotypes)

a)

parthenogenesis

b)

feminization

c)

male-killing

d)

cytoplasmic incompatibility

13.

In cytoplasmic incompatibility, Wolbachia ___ the sperm.

a)

modifies

b)

kills

c)

digests

14.

In cytoplasmic incompatibility only a female with the same wolbachia infection can ___ the incompatibility.

a)

harbor

b)

rescue

c)

kill

15.

Some strains of Wolbachia inhibit the transmission of ___-borne diseases, such as ___, dengue, and chikungunya virus.

a)

mosquito,

heartworm

b)

parasite,

Zika

c)

mosquito,

Zika

d)

parasite,

heartworm

16.

In ______, Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes are released to crash a local population.

a)

population replacement strategy

b)

sterile insect technique

17.

In ______, Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes are released to rapidly replace the population with mosquitoes that are unable to transmit human viruses.

a)

population replacement strategy

b)

sterile insect technique