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Genetics I Quiz
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10 questions 2. Which of the following outcomes would be a direct consequence of blending inheritance? 0 / 1 point

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3. Based on the material covered in the videos, what effect would a mutation in an intron have on the expression of 0 / 1 point
a gene?

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4. Cancers are commonly caused by mutations that arise somewhere in the body and lead to uncontrolled cell 1 / 1 point
division and growth within our bodies. Why don’t the majority of these cancer mutations spread into our
offspring?

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5. Envision the end-products of mitosis and meiosis (not considering fertilization). Which of these end-products can 0 / 1 point
exhibit "recessivity" of genes?

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6. You are studying the inheritance of earlobe attachment (a free-hanging earlobe is dominant over an attached 1 / 1 point
earlobe) in your family. Assuming that this trait is inherited by alleles at a single gene on chromosome 14, which
of the following observations is NOT possible under normal circumstances:

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7. Polydactyly (having an extra finger on your hand) is inherited as an autosomal (not on the X-chromosome) 0 / 1 point
dominant trait. Imagine you know two people, John and Sue, with polydactyly, each of whom had fathers with
polydactyly but whose mothers had 5-fingers. John and Sue get married and have children. What fraction of their
children are expected to inherit this trait?

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8. Red-green color blindness is associated with a recessive mutation on the X-chromosome. Which of the following 0 / 1 point
scenarios is NOT possible with respect to color blindness?

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9. Imagine a cross between these two individuals: GgHh and GGHh. If the two genes (represented by G and H) assort 0 / 1 point
independently, what will the offspring proportions be?

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10. When studying genetics, "pedigrees" are often used which indicate the genotype or phenotype of specific 1 / 1 point
individuals in a family and their relationships (parents are drawn above offspring). Squares are male, and circles
are female. Yellow shapes typically depict an unaffected (or healthy) individual whereas black shapes mean an
affected (or diseased) individual. Imagine that the pedigree here depicts inheritance of a simple autosomal single-
gene disease in a family. What do we know about the genotype of individual 1 for the disease causing gene?

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