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1
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What genes travel together in meiosis?

A

linked genes

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2
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What are groups of linked genes referred to as?

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linkage group

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3
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What are gametes that only contain the original combinations of alleles in the parents?

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nonrecombinant gametes

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4
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What is the kids of parents whose gametes match the combination of the parents?

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nonrecombinant progeny

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5
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What are gametes with new combination of alleles referred to as?

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recombinant gametes

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6
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What are the children with new combinations of traits as compared to the parents?

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recombinant progeny

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7
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What is the percentage of recombinant progeny in a cross?

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recombination frequency (# of recombinant/total #)

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What is the configuration where both wild-type alleles are found on one chromosome?

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coupling configuration or cis configuration

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What is the configuration where the wild type alleles are on different chromosomes?

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repulsion configuration or trans configuration

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10
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Chromosome maps calculated by using recombination

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genetic maps

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Chromosome maps calculated by using physical distanced.

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Physical maps

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12
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Distance on genetic maps are measured in…

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map units (equals 1% difference in recombination rate)

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13
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What is another word for map units?

A

centiMorgans (cM)

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14
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What is a test cross between two genes

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Two-point testcross

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15
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What is a test cross between three genes

A

three point testcross

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What is the degree to which one crossover interferes with additional crossovers in the same region referred to as?

A

interference

17
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What value helps us to calculate interference by dividing the observed double crosses by the expected.

A

coefficient of coincidence

18
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What are the functions that correlate recombination frequencies to actual physical distance

A

mapping functions

19
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What is the value to determine if genes are actually linked

A

Lod scores

20
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What are variable genes with easily observable phenotypes

A

genetic markers

21
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What is the gene mapping strategy where one looks at the progeny phenotypes and looks for associations

A

linkage analysis

22
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What is the type of gene mapping that looks for nonrandom associations between the presence of a trait and alleles at many different loci.

A

genome-wide association studies

23
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What is a specific set of linked allleles?

A

haplotype

24
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what is the nonrandom association between alleles in a haplotype

A

linkage disequilibrium

25
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What is an area in a genome where individuals vary by a single nucleotide base

A

single-nucleotide polymorphisms

26
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What is the gene mapping strategy where two different types of cells are fused

A

somatic-cell hybridization

27
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What is the result of repeated duplication by a viral-infected or cancerous cell

A

cell line

28
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What is a cell that possesses two nuclei called?

A

heterokaryon

29
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What is the method for mapping that examines the impact of deletions on phenotype?

A

deletion mapping

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