Mac 4: End Flashcards

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Which Statement is/are true or false?

Genes are the basic units of heredity or carriers of traits.

DNA is composed of nucleotides which contain a phosphate group, protein group and a nitrogen base.

A

-First statement is True, Second statement is False (DNA is composed of nucleotides which contain a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.

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Which Statement is/are true or false?

Gregor Mendel called these units of inheritance as elemento.

William Bateson renamed it later on to genes.

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-Both statements are True

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Which Statement is/are true or false?

Dominant traits are traits that are being masked.

Recessive traits are traits that masked other traits.

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-Both statements are False (reverse)

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Which Statement is/are true or false?

Genetics call the true-breeding parents the first filial generation.

The hybrid filial seeds or plants are called the F1 generation

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-First statement is False (P1), Second statement is True

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Incomplete dominance means?

  • All of the above
  • A heterozygote’s phenotype where one allele is expressed and the other is suppressed.
  • A heterozygote’s phenotype is distinct from and not intermediate between those of the two homozygotes
  • A heterozygote’s phenotype is an intermediate between those of the two homozygotes
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-A heterozygote’s phenotype is an intermediate between those of the two homozygotes

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Term which means blood relatives having blood children together?

  • Betrothal
  • Kinship
  • Marriage
  • Consanguinity
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-Consanguinity

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Which of the following statements is true about Mendel’s Law of Segregation?

  • A pair of alleles for one trait had no effect on the pair of alleles for another
  • Genes separate during the formation of gametes and they combine anew at fertilization
  • Segregation of genes has a particular effect on the other expression of genes
  • All of the above
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-Genes separate during the formation of gametes and they combine anew at fertilization

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