If mayflies lay eggs on roads instead of in water, this behavior could involve which of the following? 

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You calculate map distances between genes A, B, and C based on all pairwise dihybrid crosses. When you perform the trihybrid cross to verify your results, you discover that, despite analysis of a very large number of progeny, you have only about half as many double crossover progeny as you expect. Which explanation is the most reasonable?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Tetrad analysis automatically includes the centromere as an additional point in mapping crosses, because

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following is NOT true of a maternal effect gene?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You develop an inbred strain of mice that display one of two distinct syndromes. What evidence might lead you to believe that these mice are mutant for a gene or genes affected by imprinting?

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A mouse heterozygous at the Igf-2 locus is dwarf and has 50% dwarf progeny when mated to a homozygous Igf-2m animal. Which statement about this animal is FALSE?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following statements regarding epigenetic inheritance is FALSE?