What decides the frequency of an allele in a population?

1. Dominance
2. Its location on a particular chromosome
3. Its degree of expression
4. Natural selection

Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 |
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What is the number of linkage groups in humans?

1. 22
2. 23
3. 24
4. 46

Subtopic:  Understanding Linkage | Linkage Types |

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Assuming complete dominance
recessiveness and independent assortment,
the ratio of progeny with the genotypes AaBb,
AABb, Aabb and aaBb from a cross AaBb X
AABb would respectively be:
1. 4:4:2:0
2. 4:2:4:2
3. 4:4:2:2
4. 4:4:2:1

Subtopic:  Dihybrid Cross: General Consideration |
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A certain gene has 5 alleles. What will be the number of possible genotypic combinations?

1. 5
2. 15
3. 32
4. 2

Subtopic:  Polygenic Inheritance & Pleiotropy |

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How many unique gametes could be produced through independent assortment by an individual with the genotype AaBbCCDdEE?

1.42.8
3.164.32

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The improvement of microscopy techniques in the late 1800s set the stage for the emergence of modern genetics because:

1. it revealed new and unanticipated features of Mendel’s pea plant varieties.
2. it allowed biologists to study meiosis and mitosis, revealing the parallels between the behaviors of genes and chromosomes.
3. it allowed scientists to see the DNA present within chromosomes.
4. it led to the discovery of mitochondria.
Subtopic:  Introduction to Genetics: 1 | Introduction to Genetics: 2 |
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An abnormal human of the karyotype 49, XXXYY will form how many Barr bodies?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

Subtopic:  Sex Determination: Further Considerations |
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Male pattern baldness is a ___________ trait.

1.Sex-linked2.Sex-limited
3.Sex-influenced4.Y-linked

Subtopic:  Sex Linked Inheritance: Characteristics |

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A sex aneuploid Drosophila has 2 sets of autosomes and sex chromosome complement XXY. This fly would be:

1. A normal fertile female 2. A normal fertile male
3. An intersex 4. A metamale
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In humans, the condition red-green color blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. In a family pedigree analysis, you find that two people with normal color vision have a color-blind son. This is possible if the genotypes of the parents are:

1. XcXc and XcY 2. XcXc and XCY
3. XCXC and XcY 4. XCXc and XCY
Subtopic:  Pedigree Analysis: Basics |
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