Genetics: Analysis and Principles
6th Edition
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Author: Robert J. Brooker Professor Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 7CONQ
Based on genes in pea plants that we have considered in this chapter, which statement(s) is/are not correct?
A. The gene causing tall plants is an allele of the gene causing dwarf plants.
B. The gene causing tall plants is an allele of the gene causing purple flowers.
C. The alleles causing tall plants and purple flowers are dominant.
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Genetics: Analysis and Principles
Ch. 2.1 - 1. Experimental advantages of using pea plants...Ch. 2.1 - The term cross refers to an experiment in which a....Ch. 2.1 - 3. To avoid self-fertilization in his pea plants,...Ch. 2.2 - Prob. 1COMQCh. 2.2 - Prob. 2COMQCh. 2.3 - A pea plant has the genotype rrYy. How many...Ch. 2.3 - A cross is made between a pea plant that is RrYy...Ch. 2.3 - Prob. 3COMQCh. 2.4 - Which of the following would not be observed in a...Ch. 2.4 - Prob. 2COMQ
Ch. 2.5 - A cross is made between AABbCcDd and AaBbccdd...Ch. 2.5 - Prob. 2COMQCh. 2.5 - Prob. 3COMQCh. 2 - 1. Why did Mendel’s work refute the idea of...Ch. 2 - 2. What is the difference between...Ch. 2 - 3. Describe the difference between genotype and...Ch. 2 - 4. With regard to genotypes, what is a...Ch. 2 - 5. How can you determine whether an organism is...Ch. 2 - In your own words, describe Mendels law of...Ch. 2 - Based on genes in pea plants that we have...Ch. 2 - Prob. 8CONQCh. 2 - Do you know the genotype of an individual with a...Ch. 2 - 10. A cross is made between a pea plant that has...Ch. 2 - Prob. 11CONQCh. 2 - 12. Describe the significance of nonparentals with...Ch. 2 - For the following pedigrees, describe what you...Ch. 2 - Ectrodactyly, also known as lobster claw syndrome,...Ch. 2 - Identical twins are produced from the same sperm...Ch. 2 - In cocker spaniels, solid coat color is dominant...Ch. 2 - A cross was made between a white male dog and two...Ch. 2 - 18. In humans, the allele for brown eye color (B)...Ch. 2 - Albinism, a condition characterized by a partial...Ch. 2 - A true-breeding tall plant was crossed to a dwarf...Ch. 2 - 21. For pea plants with the following genotypes,...Ch. 2 - 22. An individual has the genotypeand makes an...Ch. 2 - 23. In people with maple syrup urine disease, the...Ch. 2 - Prob. 24CONQCh. 2 - 25. A true-breeding pea plant with round and Page...Ch. 2 - Prob. 26CONQCh. 2 - 27. What are the expected phenotypic ratios from...Ch. 2 - Prob. 28CONQCh. 2 - Prob. 29CONQCh. 2 - A pea plant that is dwarf with green, wrinkled...Ch. 2 - 31. A true-breeding plant with round and green...Ch. 2 - Wooly hair is a rare dominant trait found in...Ch. 2 - Huntington disease is a rare dominant trait that...Ch. 2 - 34. A woman with achondroplasia (a dominant form...Ch. 2 - 1. Describe three advantages of using pea plants...Ch. 2 - Explain the technical differences between a...Ch. 2 - 3. How long did it take Mendel to complete the...Ch. 2 - 4. For all seven characters described in the data...Ch. 2 - From the point of view of crosses and data...Ch. 2 - 6. As in many animals, albino coat color is a...Ch. 2 - 7. The fungus Melampsora lini causes a disease...Ch. 2 - For Mendels data for the experiment in Figure 2.8,...Ch. 2 - 9. Would it be possible to deduce the law of...Ch. 2 - In fruit flies, curved wings are recessive to...Ch. 2 - A recessive allele in mice results in an unusally...Ch. 2 - Prob. 12EQCh. 2 - Prob. 13EQCh. 2 - Prob. 14EQCh. 2 - 15. A cross was made between two strains of plants...Ch. 2 - A cross was made between two pea plants, TtAa and...Ch. 2 - Consider this four-factor cross: TtRryyAaTtRRYyaa,...
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