Mendelian Genetics 2

Question 1

How long does mitosis take to be completed ?

Answer 1

1-2 hours

Question 2

How long does meiosis take to be completed ?

Answer 2

• 1 week for prophase I
• 1 month for the entire meiotic cycle

Question 3

Wild type (wt)

Answer 3

most common allele in population (>99%)

Question 4

Mutant alleles

Answer 4

may produce a phenotype different from that of the wild-type allele