In chickens, comb shape is determined by alleles at two loci (R, r and P, p). A walnut comb is produced when at least one dominant allele R is present at one locus and at least one dominant allele P is present at a second locus (genotype R_ P_). A rose comb is produced when at least one dominant allele is present at the first locus and two recessive alleles are present at the second locus (genotype R_pp). A pea comb is produced when two recessive alleles are present at the first locus and at least one dominant allele is present at the second (genotype rrP_). If two recessive alleles are present at the first and at the second locus (rrpp), a single comb is produced. Which of the following cross would produce ½ walnut and ½ pea comb ?

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#Question id: 12271

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A young woman comes to the emergency room with a vertebral compression fracture. Radiographs of the spine indicate generalized demineralization. She is vegetarian, does not smoke or drink alcohol, has normal plasma potassium concentration of 5.4 mEq/L, sodium concentration of 136 mEq/L, plasma calcium concentration is 7.0 mg/dL. Her vitamin D3 value is several times greater than normal, although her 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol concentration is at the lower limit of detectability. She has been in renal failure for the last 5 years and undergoes hemodialysis three times each week. What is the cause of her low 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol level?

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#Question id: 12272

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

A neonate develops a jaundice condition with a bilirubin concentration of 10 mg/dL on day 2 (normal is 3 mg/dL at 2 days old). The neonatologist can be confident that the condition is not erythroblastosis fetalis if which of the following is true?

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#Question id: 12273

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following findings would likely be reported in a patient with a deficiency in iodine intake?

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#Question id: 12274

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Before intercourse, a woman irrigates her vagina with a solution that lowers the pH of the vaginal fluid to 4.5. What will be the effect on sperm cells in the vagina?

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#Question id: 20268

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Choose correct statements about synthesis and processing of antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin.

a. ADH and oxytocin are homologous nonapeptides (containing nine amino acids).

b. Are synthesized in the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus respectively.

c. The ADH neurons have their cell bodies primarily in the paraventricular nuclei.

d. The oxytocin neurons have their cell bodies primarily in supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus.

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#Question id: 20317

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal

Which of the following statements correctly describes the pathophysiology of Cushing's disease?