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#Question id: 12496


A woman who has two brothers and a maternal uncle (her mother's brother) with non-specific X-linked mental retardation is referred for genetic counselling. There are no diagnostic tests available to help determine whether or not she is a carrier. Which of the following is correct?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. The prior probability that she is a carrier is 1 in 4.
  2. The woman already has two unaffected sons. Therefore, the probability that she is a carrier can be calculated using Bayes' theorem to be 1 in 5.
  3. This means that the probability that her next son will be affected or that her next daughter will be a carrier is 1 in 5.
  4. The probability that the maternal grandmother of this woman is a carrier is 1 in 2.
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#Question id: 4221

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The genetic code is essentially the same for all organisms. From this, one can logically assume which of the following statements to be true?

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#Question id: 4222

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Use the figure to answer the question. The figure shows a simple metabolic pathway. According to Beadle and Tatum's hypothesis, how many genes are necessary for this pathway?

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#Question id: 4223

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Use the figure to answer the question. Refer to the metabolic pathway illustrated. If A, B, and C are all required for growth, a strain that is mutant for the gene-encoding enzyme A would be able to grow on medium supplemented with which of the following nutrient(s)?

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#Question id: 4224

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Use the figure to answer the question Refer to the metabolic pathway illustrated. If A, B, and C are all required for growth, a strain mutant for the gene encoding enzyme B would be able to grow on medium supplemented with which of the following nutrient(s)?

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#Question id: 4225

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The following question refers to table of codons. Which of the following sequences of nucleotides are possible in the template strand of DNA that would code for the polypeptide sequence Phe-Leu-Ile-Val?

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#Question id: 4226

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which of the triplets below is a possible anticodon for a tRNA that transports proline to a ribosome?