8.3

Question 1

What are the important modes of inheritance?

Answer 1

The important modes of inheritance include autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, sex-linked recessive, and sex-linked dominant.

Question 2

What is an example of a cross involving a sex-linked trait?

Answer 2

An example of a cross involving a sex-linked trait is a cross between a carrier female and a normal male.

Question 3

How can you rule out different modes of inheritance on a pedigree?

Answer 3

You can rule out different modes of inheritance on a pedigree by analyzing the patterns of affected individuals and their relatives.

Question 4

How do you assign genotypes to individuals on a pedigree?

Answer 4

You assign genotypes to individuals on a pedigree by using the inheritance patterns observed and the known genotypes of relatives.

Question 5

How do you find a Dominant trait?

Answer 5

two parents ( affected) child that is not

Question 6

How do you find Recessive trait

Answer 6

Two parents(affected) child that is affected
(also says that conditions skips generation)

Question 7

Important observation of sex link

Answer 7

more boys will have the disease than girls.

Question 8

Observation about infected mom

Answer 8

Boys will be more likely to have the infected trait then not

Question 9

2 lines on pedigree means that they have family bonds

Answer 9

means that there was incest and can cause problems in the outcome of the infected vs non effected

Question 10

dark= what
slash =what

Answer 10

infected

dead