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Cellular Biology
Final Study Guide Chapter 17
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
08/28/2011

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Paternal inheritance occurs in plants but not animals because animals do not have cholorplasts. 
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False
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Albinism in most animals is an epistatic trait characterized by a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes, skin, and hair. If the allele for albinism is a, the allele for brown coat color is B, and the allele for red coat is b, which of the following genotypes would result in an albino cow?
Definition
E. aaBB and aabb
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You breed a black, long-haired rabbit with a white, short-haired rabbit. All of the offspring have long, black hair. If the genes for hair color and length are linked, what would be a possible ratio for the F2 population?
Definition
A. 5 long-haired, 4 short-haired white, 1 short-haired black, 2 long-haired white
Term
Bicoid is a maternal effect gene that is essential for the development of head structures in Drosophila. The F1 generation from a cross of two phenotypicaly normal flies produces normal embryos, but in the F2 cross, 25% of the embryos lack heads and die. What was the genotype of the mother in the P generation?
Definition
Bb
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T or F: Epistatic gene interactions do not follow Mendel's laws of inheritance. 
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False
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T or F: In bipaternal inheritance, paternal and maternal gametes provide cholorplasts to the zygote. 
Definition
False
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A trait that is expressed as a continuum rather than as a few discrete phenotypes is
Definition
Polygenic
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A modification of a gene or chromosome that occurs during gamete formation or early development which permanently alters the expression of that gene for the lifetime of the individual is called. 
Definition
Epigenetic inheritance
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The Xist gene product
Definition
E. All of these statements are correct
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Which of the following statements is not part of Morgan's Theory of Independent Assortment?
Definition
Link genes are always inherited together. 
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You are trying to improve growth in an economically important fish species. These fish have a gene for large size with two alleles (L,l). You cross a large female (LL) with a small male (ll) and get all large fish. The genotypes of the F1 are 100% Ll, so you assume that large size is dominant to small. You then cross a small female with a large male and get all small fish. The genotypes of this F1 are normal. How do you explain this result?
Definition
The gene for large size is a maternal effect gene
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T or F: Genomic imprinting can result in offspring with identical genotypes that have different phenotypes. 
Definition
True
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The inheritance pattern in which the mother provides gene products to the developing egg cells is called
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Maternal effects
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An animal cell contains _____ genome(s), while a plant cells contains _____ genome(s).
Definition
2,3
Term
ALD is a fatal disease that results from a lack of peroxisomes in the liver. It is diagnosed by the presence of high levels of very long-chain fatty acids in the blood. The disease results in destruction of brain myelin leading to progressive congivitive impairment, coma, and death by age of 14. There has never been a case of ALD in a coma and having seizures...
Definition
E. Her mother is a carrier, and she could have genetically normal Barr bodies in the liver on Turner syndrome. 
Term
In the sweet pea crossing experiment by Bateson and Punnet, the F2 generation had many more offspring with the phenotypes of purple flowers P, long pollen L and red flowers p, round pollen 1 than expected from independent assorment. This is because
Definition
E. All of the statements given are true
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Which of the following organelle(s) has/have a genome separate from the genome in the cell membrane?
Definition
Mitochondria and chloroplast
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In plants, most cholorplasts are inherited from the maternal plant because maternal gametes contribute the most ______ to the zygote. 
Definition
Cytoplasm
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If the recombination frequency between gene A and B is 10 out of 100 offspring, gene A and C is 30 out of 100 offspring, and gene B and C is 40 out of 100 offspring, what is the location of these genes in relation to each other on a chromosome?
Definition
E. Either CAB or BAC
Term
The inheritance pattern where two or more genes do not assort independently because they are close together on the same chromosome is called
Definition
Linkage
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T or F: Barr bodies are a diagnostic feature of X inactivation.
Definition
True
Term

An experimenter crosses two fruit flies with different phenotypes. The results in the F2 generation are: 

478 crooked legs, trembling behavior

372 stumpy legs, circling behavior

175 crooked legs, circling behavior

98 stumpy legs, trembling behavior

What were the genotypes/phenotypes in the Paternal generation?

Definition
D. Both parents homozygous/ Male or female parental phenotype: crooked legs, trembling, Second parental phenotype: stumpy legs, circling
Term
A horticulturist is breeding a new variety of houseplant in which two genes control leaf color. G (allele for green) is dominant to g (yellow) and B (second allele for green) is dominant to b (yellow). The recessive homozygous condition of either gene will mask a dominant allele. What color is a plant with the genotype GgAa?
Definition
Green
Term
Which of the following is not evidence supporting the Lyon hypothesis of X inactivation?
Definition
A genetically normal male cat can never be calico
Term

You are breeding different varieties of roses in your garden. When you cross a true-breeding yellow "Texas Beauty" rose with a true-breeding "Ruby" red rose, you get all red roses. But when you cross a "Texas Beauty" yellow with the yellow variety "Jealousy," you get a 9:7 ratio of red to yellow flowers! What can you conclude from these results?

Definition
There are epistatic interactions between at least two genes for rose pigment
Term
Which of the following statements correctly describes a quantitive trait?
Definition
People who are homozygous for the group of genes associated with skin pigment have either lighter or darker skin than those who are heterozygous for those genes. 
Term
T or F: The actions of Xist result in an organism that is a phenotypic mosaic.
Definition
True
Term
If a testcross for two different traits produces more nonrecombinant offspring, then the alleles for the two traits
Definition
Are on the same chromosome
Term
Which of the following diseases is not caused by a mutation in a mitochondrial gene?
Definition
Turner syndrome
Term
Epigenetic inheritance
Definition
Can result in the expression of different alleles in different generations
Term
If a plant species exhibits maternal inheritance for leaf pigmentation, what is the phenotype of the parents of a variegated (green and white leaves) plant?
Definition
C. The maternal plant must be variegated and paternal plant can be any color
Term
Quantitive traits
Definition
E. Are correctly described by all of these statements. 
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T or F: The DNA methylation state of a zygote will be maintained throughout life of the organism and then passed on unchanged to its offspring
Definition
False
Term

You are mapping the location of two genes in Drosophila, listless l and blind b. (l+ l+ b+ b+) and (l+ l- b+ b-) flies are normal, but ( l- l- b- b-) flies don't move around very much and cannot detect the location of a light source. You perform a testcross and get the following results:

listless, sighted100

listless, blind400

normal activity, sighted 400

normal activity, blind100

What is the distance between these two genes on the chromosome?

Definition
C. They are 20 map units apart
Term
DNA methylation of a gene during spermatogenesis would result in
Definition
The inactivation of the paternal allele in the offspring
Term
The genomes of mammilian mitochondria contain
Definition
E. All of the items listed are correct
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What quality of the traits that Mendel chose to study allowed him to establish the basic laws of inheritance?
Definition
The alleles that he studied were either dominant or recessive.
Term
The karyotype of a young patient shows two Barr bodies per cell. What condition might this child have?
Definition
Triple X syndrome
Term
T or F: Epistasis often involves genes of an enzymatic pathway
Definition
True
Term

 A man has a mutation in the ATP synthase gene. This results in an inability to synthesize ATP properly, causing extreme muscle weakness. If this man has children, what is the likelihood that they will inherit this disease from him?

Definition
0%
Term

Black-cheeked BC zebra finches are extremely desirable, but relatively rare. This phenotype is caused by a recessive mutation, but the mating of two BC birds is considered unethical because it results in very small birds. Therefore, BC birds are created by crossing carriers of the BC gene. Despite problems with the homozygous recessive, some unscrupulous breeders continue to breed them together because of the high prices they fetch. Which of the following statements could explain why BC homozygous birds are unusually small?

Definition

E. The BC gene and growth gene are close together on the same chromosome and/or both of these genes are mutated

Term
Barr bodies will 
Definition
Be formed in both males and females, depending on the number of X chromosomes possessed by an individual.
Term
T or F: Maternal effect genes are inherited via the mitochondria
Definition
False
Term
Which of the following is NOT a type of epigenetic inheritance?
Definition
Neither maternal effect nor extranuclear inheritance
Term

Height (tallness) in humans is a polygenic trait. Assume the following: There are 4 genes that determine height (Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd). Each dominant allele adds 2 inches of height to an individual. The height of the recessive individual (aa, bb, cc, dd) is 5 feet.

What is the height of a person with the genotype (AA, Bb, cc, DD)?

Definition
5'10"
Term
A plant cell contains ______ genomes and an animal cell contains ______ genomes.
Definition
3,2
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T or F: Mendel's laws do not adequately explain all the patterns of inheritance.
Definition
True
Term
If a male cat with orange fur produces female offspring with calico fur, what color was the mother cat?
Definition
Black or calico
Term
A gene for sweat gland production is found on the X chromosome. If a man who lacks sweat glands marries a woman who has normal sweat glands, what will be the phenotype of their children?
Definition
E. All the boys will have sweat glands, and the girls will have sweat glands in some areas but not others. 
Term

You discover a gene that results in a complete lack of hair in rats, and you name the gene "chromedome." A cross of homozygous normal and homozygous bald rats results in all bald rats. You conclude that the baldness allele is dominant, but when you repeat the cross with different rats none of the offspring are bald. Extremely puzzled you study your records and discover that in the first cross the bald rat was female, while in the second cross the bald rat was male. What do you conclude from this information?

Definition
A. Chromedome is imprinted in females
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