Unit 5

Question 1

How can the relative position of genes on a chromosome be determined through the crossover %?

Answer 1

The ones that cross over the least are furthest apart and the ones that cross over most are closest to each other.

Question 2

T or F
The larger an organism, the more chromasomes it has.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

T or F
Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have chromasomes

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is the law of segregation?

Answer 4

Two copies of each genetic factor segregate during the development of gametes, to ensure that each parent’s offspring attains one factor.

Question 5

What is the law of independent assortment?

Answer 5

During gamete formation, different pairs of alleles segregate independently of each other.

Question 6

What does linked gene inheritance look like?

Answer 6

Some traits come most commonly with each other and any other combination is uncommon