advance genetics

Question 1

When gametes form, alleles are separated so that each gamete carries only one allele for each gene. Which of Mendel’s law is this?

Answer 1

1. Law of Segregation

Question 2

The recessive alleles will be masked by dominant alleles. Which of Mendel’s laws is this?

Answer 2

3. Principle of Dominance

Question 3

Austrian monk who developed the principles of inheritance by performing experiments on pea plants.

Answer 3

Gregor Mendel

Question 4

He first proposed the Chromosome Theory of Inheritance

Answer 4

Sutton

Question 5

A monohybrid cross determines the allele combinations for potential offspring for one gene only.

Answer 5

Punnett Grids

Question 6

Modes of Inheritance: Neither allele is completely dominant over the other

Answer 6

Incomplete Dominance

Question 7

Modes of Inheritance: Pairs of alleles are both expressed equally in the phenotype

Answer 7

Codominance

Question 8

Modes of Inheritance: When a gene is controlling a characteristic on a sex chromosome (X or Y)

Answer 8

Sex-linked Inheritance

Question 9

X-linked recessive traits are more common in ____ as the condition cannot be masked by a second allele.

Answer 9

Males

Question 10

True or False: Only females can be carriers of X-linked conditions

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Is a disease characterized by bent limbs, and he body is not able to absorb calcium due to resistance from Vitamin D.

Answer 11

X-linked Doninant Disease: Rickets

Question 12

Some of its symptoms are delays in talking, anxiety, and hyperactive behaviour.

Answer 12

Fragile X Syndrome

Question 13

Genetic Disorder whereby the body’s ability to control blood clotting is impaired.

Answer 13

Hemophilia

Question 14

Genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle degeneration.

Answer 14

Duchene Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

Question 15

Alleles that cause an organism to die.

Answer 15

Lethal Alleles

Question 16

Genetic condition which causes Dwarfism.

Answer 16

Human Achondroplasia

Question 17

Condition whereby one gene controls the expression of another gene

Answer 17

Epistasis

Question 18

Occurs when w single gene affects multiple traits

Answer 18

Pleiotropy

Question 19

The process by which one of the two X chromosomes present in females is inactivated.

Answer 19

X-inactivation

Question 20

Describes the presence of two populations of cells with distinct genotypes within a single organism.

Answer 20

Mosaicism

Question 21

Groups of genetically identical organisms or a group of cells derived from a single original parent cell

Answer 21

Clones

Question 22

Method by which cloned embryos can be produced using differentiated adult cells

Answer 22

Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT)

Question 23

In molecular biology, a ________ is a vehicle that is used to deliver genetic material to a target cell via ___________________

Answer 23

vector, horizontal gene transfer

Question 24

For non-viral deliveries, a commonly used vector is a __________

Answer 24

Plasmid

Question 25

Plasmids can be introduced to target cells by variety of means; _______ is when an electric current is applied to make temporary holes in the cell membrane.

Answer 25

Electroporation

Question 26

________- DNA-coated particles are shot into the cells by a gene gun.

Answer 26

Particle Bombardment

Question 27

In viral deliveries, insertion of a viral vector into a cell is called ______ and utilizes the ability of a virus to inject its DNA into a host cell.

Answer 27

Transduction