BASIC GENETICS

Question 1

the study of transmission of inherited characteristics

Answer 1

genetics

Question 2

Genes expressed with equal frequency in male and females

Answer 2

Autosomal genes

Question 3

Genes carried on the X chromosome

Answer 3

Sex-linked genes

Question 4

Basic unit of inheritance

Answer 4

Gene

Question 5

position of a gene in a chromosome

Answer 5

Locus

Question 6

one of two or more alternative genes at a locus

Answer 6

Polymorphic

Question 7

opposite antigens encoded at the same locus

Answer 7

Antithetical

Question 8

total genetic composition of an individual derived from maternal & paternal genes

Answer 8

Genotype

Question 9

expressed characteristics of genes

Answer 9

Phenotype

Question 10

only 1 allele must be inherited for it to be expressed

Answer 10

Dominant

Question 11

only expressed in homozygous state, not expressed the presence of a dominant gene

Answer 11

Recessive

Question 12

a pair of genes in which neither is dominant over the other

Answer 12

Codominant

Question 13

gene with no observable trait

Answer 13

Amorph

Question 14

predicted using Punnett square

Answer 14

Inheritance pattern

Question 15

individuals inherit identical alleles at the same locus

Answer 15

Homozygous

Question 16

individual inherits different alleles at the same gene locus

Answer 16

Heterozygous

Question 17

agglutination rx are stronger for homozygous cells than in heterozygous cells

Answer 17

Dosage effect

Question 18

Blood groups that manifest Dosage effect

Answer 18

Rh, Kidd, Duffy, MNS, Lutheran