Chapter 10 Non-Mendelian Inheritance

Question 1

According to the Lancour et al. paper, what type of data/procedure was used?

A) Repair And Destroy
B) Genome wide association studies
C) Gene expression data
D) Autosomal Dominant analysis
E) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
F) Allen Brain Atlas
G) EPS8 mutation analysis

Answer 1

B) Genome wide association studies
C) Gene expression data
F) Allen Brain Atlas

Question 2

You are treating a family that has Huntingtons disease. You obtain sequence from the HTT gene for each affected family member and notice that the younger members of the family are presenting the disease earlier than their older relatives. What repeat-based phenomenon could explain this?

A) Mono-genic inheritance
B) Anticipation
C) Defective (Recessive) allele
D) An induced transcription factor
E) Trisomy

Answer 2

B) Anticipation

Question 3

True or False?

This pedigree represents possible Mitochondrial Inheritance

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Indicates that a trait is controlled by two or more genes

A) Polynesian genetics
B) Quantitative-trait loci
C) Multi-trait phenotype
D) Hybrid Vigor
E) All of the above

Answer 4

B) Quantitative-trait loci

Question 5

This inheritance pattern can be identified by environmental influence

A) Mitochondrial
B) Sex-linked
C) Lethal
D) Quantitative/multifactorial
E) None of the above

Answer 5

E) None of the above

Question 6

This inheritance pattern was not discovered by Mendel.

A) Mitochondrial
B) Sex-linked
C) Lethal
D) Quantitative/multifactorial
E) None of these were discovered by Mendel

Answer 6

E) None of these were discovered by Mendel