GEd 13

Question 1

autosomal recessive

Answer 1

can skip generations
both parents must be carriers
affects males and females equally

Question 2

autosomal dominant

Answer 2

appears in every generation

affects males and females equally

Question 3

x linked recessive

Answer 3

if carrier female transmission, half sons affected half carriers
if hemizygous male, fdaughters are carriers
affected female, all sons affected, all daughters carreirs

Question 4

x linked dominant

Answer 4

affected males pass on conditions to daughter but no male to male transmission

Question 5

polymorphic

Answer 5

two or more alleles present in proportion of the population

Question 6

easy to assay

Answer 6

easy to distinguish accurately from one allele to another

Question 7

dna markers

Answer 7

STRs short tandem repeats

SNPs single nucleotide polymorphisms

Question 8

what is a haplotype

Answer 8

a particular combination of SNPs in a small region of a chromsome