Genetics

5 Written Questions

1. weakening of muscles often die before 25. sex linked
2. improving humans by controlled breeding
3. the genetic makeup
4. cross between things that differ in two characters
5. heterozygous- Aa

5 Matching Questions

1. tay sachs
2. genetic counseling
3. monohybrid crosses
4. polygenic inheritance
5. heredity

1. a cross between things that differ in only one character
2. b controlled by two or more genes (height)
3. c guidance for parents before baby for likelihood of genetic disease
4. d the passing on of traits
5. e degeneration of nervous system and brain. death before age of 5. recessive

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. alleles on a chromosome are inherited together
   1. gene locus
   2. genetic counseling
   3. genetic linkage
   4. genetics
2. fertilizing eggs of a plant with another
   1. cross fertilization
   2. heredity
   3. hemophilia
   4. cystic fibrosis
3. theory that states that genes are located on chromosomes and that their behaviours during meiosis is responsible for inheritance patterns
   1. polygenic inheritance
   2. hypothesis of inheritence
   3. intermediate inheritance
   4. chromosome theory of inheritance
4. Aa
   1. heterozygous
   2. homozygous
   3. heredity
   4. gene locus
5. states that parents pass traits to their offspring
   1. intermediate inheritance
   2. polygenic inheritance
   3. chromosome theory of inheritance
   4. hypothesis of inheritence

5 True/False Questions

1. recombinant DNA research → when both alleles are dominant (blood type)

   True        False

2. allele → loss of consciousness, coma or death, low blood sugar. recessive gene

   True        False

3. sickle cell → irregularly shaped red blood cells cause severe anemia, infections and heart failure. co-dominant recessive

   True        False

4. artificial insemination → fertilizing eggs of a plant with another

   True        False

5. huntingtons → degeneration of muscular and nervous systems causing jerky movements and insanity. dominant

   True        False