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#Question id: 3881

Which one of the following statements about mRNA stability is true?

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

  1. Degradation always proceeds in the 5' to 3' direction.

  2. Degradation of mRNA by polynucleotide phosphorylase yields 5'-nucleoside monophosphates.

  3. In general, bacterial mRNAs have longer half-lives than do eukaryotic mRNAs.

  4. Secondary structure in mRNA (hairpins, for example) slows the rate of degradation.

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#Question id: 15381

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Neurofibromatosis is a condition in humans which is generally inherited in a dominant fashion. Assuming this disorder is 90% penetrant, what is the chance that a single child born to a father with neurofibromatosis and a mother known not to carry the mutation will have the disorder?
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#Question id: 15382

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In a group of fruit flies homozygous for an allele that causes a reduced number of thoracic bristles, you notice that the number of bristles varies from about half the normal number to only a few bristles. This is an example of which of the following?
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#Question id: 15383

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You are trying to develop true breeding blue hydrangeas, but the plants in one corner of your plot consistently turn pink regardless of your mating strategy. Which of the following would you suspect?
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#Question id: 15384

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A trait that appears to be dominant in one sex but recessive in the other is called:
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#Question id: 15385

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You cross a true breeding normal corn plant with a true breeding plant with variegated seed coat and colorless endosperm. You suspect the genes are linked, so you cross one of the resulting normal offspring to a true breeding variegated, colorless plant. What are your expected results if the genes are completely linked?
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#Question id: 15386

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You set up a mapping cross involving your favorite gene (YFG) in Neurospora and determine the following octad types: 4:4 arrangement 83; 2:4:2 arrangement 7; 2:2:2:2 arrangement 10. What is the distance between your gene and the centromere?