GENETICS

Question 1

if two flowers reprod and carry the dominant gene for purple colouration and the recessive gene for white colouration, what is the likelihood a purple flower will be expressed?

Answer 1

75%

Question 2

how does an epigenetic change differ from a mutation?

Answer 2

alteration of gene activity without structurally changing the gene itself

Question 3

what are 3 of the main types of evid to estimate the heritability of some behaviour?

Answer 3

similarities between adoptees and bio parents
comp between MZ and DZ twins
examination of genes that might vary between ppl assoc w/ certain characteristics of beh

Question 4

approx what % of DNA is thought to be involved in protein synthesis?

Answer 4

2%

Question 5

during the Dutch hunger winter, if a child as malnourished in early gestation, what occurred?

Answer 5

+susceptible to diabetes related disorders
offspring had inc birth weight
+likely suffer from obesity in adulthood