Human Biology (MindTap Course List)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781305112100
Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 3SQ
Genes on the same chromosome tend to stay together during _____ and end up in the same ______.
- a. mitosis; body cell
- b. mitosis; gamete
- c. meiosis; body cell
- d. meiosis; gamete
- e. both a and d
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The law of segregation of chromosomes arises due to events in _________.
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Mitosis and meiosis II
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Mitosis and meiosis I
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Meiosis I only
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Match the specific phase of meiosis with the correct description._____ Prophase I a. Homologous chromosomes arrive atopposite poles._____ Metaphase I b. Homologous chromosomes line up._____ Anaphase I c. Chromosomes line up at the equator._____ Telophase I d. Independent assortment occurs._____ Prophase II e. Separated sister chromatids arrive atopposite poles._____ Metaphase II f. Sister chromatids remain condensed._____ Anaphase II g. Crossing over occurs._____ Telophase II h. Sister chromatids pull apart.
1. Genes in different chromosomes ______ during meiosis. Genes that are very close together in the same chromosome are ______.
a. do not assort independently; linked
b. do not assort independently; unrelated
c. assort independently; linked
d. assort independently; unrelated
2. Suppose that codons consisted of 4 nucleotides instead of 3 and that there were only 2 different bases.
How many amino acids could be encoded by this variant of the genetic code?
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Human Biology (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 20 - Prob. 1RQCh. 20 - What is a carrier of a genetic trait?Ch. 20 - What evidence indicates that a trait is coded by a...Ch. 20 - Prob. 4RQCh. 20 - Explain what nondisjunction is, and give two...Ch. 20 - _______ segregate during ______. a. Homologues;...Ch. 20 - Prob. 2SQCh. 20 - Genes on the same chromosome tend to stay together...Ch. 20 - Prob. 4SQCh. 20 - A chromosomes structure can be altered by _______....
Ch. 20 - Nondisjunction can be caused by ________. a....Ch. 20 - A gamete affected by nondisjunction could have...Ch. 20 - Genetic disorders can be caused by __________. a....Ch. 20 - A person who is a carrier for a genetic trait...Ch. 20 - Prob. 10SQCh. 20 - If a couple has six boys, what is the probability...Ch. 20 - Human sex chromosomes are XX for females and XY...Ch. 20 - People with Down syndrome have an extra copy of...Ch. 20 - Prob. 4CTCh. 20 - Prob. 5CTCh. 20 - About 4 percent of people of Northern European...Ch. 20 - The following pedigree shows the pattern of...
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- The following image shows one specific stage of meiosis. Which of the following correctly states what is occurring in this stage? A. Microtubules have begun to pull sister chromatids apart, pulling them toward the poles of the cells. There are two cells at this stage. B. Microtubules have begun to pull homologous chromosomes apart, pulling them toward the poles of the cell. There is only one cell at this stage. C. Microtubules have attached to the chromosomes. Homologous chromosomes are aligned at the midpoint of the cell. There is only one cell at this stage. D. The chromosomes have reached the poles of the cell. There are technically two cells, but cytokinesis has begun in each.arrow_forward. Complete the following statements using as many ofthe following terms as are appropriate: mitosis, meiosis I (first meiotic division), meiosis II (second meioticdivision), and none (not mitosis nor meiosis I normeiosis II).a. The spindle apparatus is present in cells undergoing_____.b. Chromosome replication occurs just prior to _____.c. The cells resulting from _____ in a haploid cellhave a ploidy of n.d. The cells resulting from _____ in a diploid cellhave a ploidy of n.e. Homologous chromosome pairing regularly occursduring _____.f. Nonhomologous chromosome pairing regularlyoccurs during _____.g. Physical recombination leading to the productionof recombinant progeny classes occurs during_____.h. The separation of sister centromeres occurs during_____.i. Nonsister chromatids are found in the same cellduring _____.arrow_forwardCells at the end of meiosis (i.e. each of the four gametes) have _____ when compared with cells at thebeginning of meiosis (i.e. the parent cell in prophase I).a. half the number of chromosomes and one-fourth the amount of DNAb. half the number of chromosomes and half the amount of DNAc. the same number of chromosomes and half the amount of DNAd. half the amount of cytoplasm and half the amount of DNAarrow_forward
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