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#Question id: 4725


Ptosis (droopy eyelid) may be inherited as a dominant human trait. Among 30 people who are heterozygous for the ptosis allele, 10 have ptosis and 20 have normal eyelids. What is the penetrance for ptosis?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. 50 %       

  2. 33%     

  3. 75%         

  4. 25%

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#Question id: 14998

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You set up a monohybrid cross between true breeding round winged and true breeding oval winged insects. Your F1 offspring have round wings, and you collect the following numbers of F2: Round wings: 302; Oval wings: 86. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

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#Question id: 14997

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You capture several interesting insects from a population in your yard. By inbreeding, you develop true breeding strains that differ only in the shape of their wings - one strain has round wings while the other strain has oval wings. How might you demonstrate that Mendel's principles apply to your insects?

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#Question id: 14996

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following most accurately restates Mendel's law of segregation?

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#Question id: 14962

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In single factor crosses between two true breeding strains of tree frog, a scientist discovers that plain green tree frogs and tree frogs with a red 'racing stripe' always produce offspring that have red racing stripes. Why?

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#Question id: 14961

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Drosophila females are capable of storing sperm and using it to fertilize eggs long after mating. How might this present a problem for a geneticist?

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#Question id: 14960

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

How might the ability of pea plants to self fertilize be a problem for genetic experiments?