Heredity

Question 1

Define inheritance

Answer 1

The transfer of genetically determined traits from one generation to another

Question 2

Say a person had blood type A; their father had blood type O and the mother had blood type AB. What is the person’s genotype?

Answer 2

Ai

Question 3

What is one simple way to determine all possible outcomes of a cross between two individuals?

Answer 3

Punnett Square

Question 4

What are the two types of chromosome denominations that can carry genetic traits?

Answer 4

Autosomal chromosomes/ Sex determining chromosomes

Question 5

Why are the male determining chromosomes considered to be non-homologous?

Answer 5

Due to the fact that a male carries an X and Y chromosome that differ radically in their genetic makeup; compared to a female who carries two X chromosomes.

Question 6

If a couple has a baby boy who later is realized to have the recessive color-blindness trait. However, both the father and mother are phenotypically normal, what are their genotypes?

Answer 6

X^NY and X^NX^n, the mother is a carrier for color-blindness