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Chapter 7, Problem 10SA
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Largest number of different alleles that can be carried by an individual for a gene with four alleles and why.
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Humans are diploid, meaning there are two alleles for a gene, one on each chromosome.
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- Which statement is false when considering alleles and genes? a) A given gene can have many different possible alleles. b) Alleles are alternative forms or variants of genes. c) Individuals can be homozygous or heterozygous, and this refers to which alleles they have for a particular gene. d) An allele is the same thing as a gene.arrow_forwardA woman with fair skin, blond hair, and blue eyes gives birth to fraternal twins; the father has dark brown skin, dark hair, and brown eyes. One twin has blond hair, brown eyes, and light skin, and the other has dark hair, brown eyes, and dark skin. What Mendelian law does this real-life case illustrate and explain what this means in terms of the inherited alleles for these genes?arrow_forwardWhat is the phenomenon of a single gene determining a number of distinct and seemingly unrelated characteristics?arrow_forward
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- What are genes with more than one common allele?arrow_forwardWhat is a gene with only one common, wild-type allele?arrow_forwardWhich of the following is true for linked genes? a) Alleles of linked genes are often inherited together. b) Alleles of linked genes are randomly segregated into gametes due to independent assortment. O c) Linked genes are on the same chromosome, but far apart. Linked genes are located on different chromosomes.arrow_forward
- A female from true breeding line of Drosophila with white eyes is crossed with a male from a true breeding line with brown eyes. All of the offspring have wild type brick red eyes. Which of the following explanations is most likely? A) There are many alleles for the single gene for eye color. Wild type brick red eyes result only when the fly is heterozygous. B) The alleles for brown, white, and brick red eyes are alleles for a single locus. The allele for brown eye color is dominant to the allele for brick red eye color and to the allele for white eyes. C) There is more than one gene for eye color. The brown mutation and the white mutation occur in separate genes and are both recessive to the wild type alleles. The offspring are heterozygous for both genes, so they are phenotypically wild type. D) None of the above. It is not possible for a cross between a white-eyed and a brown-eyed fly to produce wild type offspring.arrow_forwardWhat is Mendel’s law of segregation? Allele pairs separate during the formation of gametes, and pair back up upon fertilisation. During meiosis, the alleles of two or more genes separate into the gametes independent of each other. During meiosis. genetic material segregates equally into the resulting gametes. The separation of alleles into different gametes results in genetically distinct offspring. During meiosis, genes that are in close proximity on the genome are more likely to cross over together.arrow_forwardWho has stronger genes mother or father?arrow_forward
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