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#Question id: 4949


What probably accounts for the switch to DNA-based genetic systems during the evolution of life on Earth?

#SCPH28 | Zoology
  1. DNA is chemically more stable and replicates with fewer errors (mutations) than RNA.

  2. Only DNA can replicate during cell division.

  3. RNA is too involved with translation of proteins and cannot provide multiple functions.

  4. DNA forms the rod-shaped chromosomes necessary for cell division.

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#Question id: 4742

#SCPH06 I Botany

In birds, sex is determined by a ZW chromosome scheme. Males are ZZ and females are ZW. A recessive lethal allele that causes death of the embryo is sometimes present on the Z chromosome in pigeons. What would be the sex ratio in the offspring of a cross between a male that is heterozygous for the lethal allele and a normal female?

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#Question id: 4742

#SCPH12 I Genetics

In birds, sex is determined by a ZW chromosome scheme. Males are ZZ and females are ZW. A recessive lethal allele that causes death of the embryo is sometimes present on the Z chromosome in pigeons. What would be the sex ratio in the offspring of a cross between a male that is heterozygous for the lethal allele and a normal female?

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#Question id: 4742

#SCPH28 | Zoology

In birds, sex is determined by a ZW chromosome scheme. Males are ZZ and females are ZW. A recessive lethal allele that causes death of the embryo is sometimes present on the Z chromosome in pigeons. What would be the sex ratio in the offspring of a cross between a male that is heterozygous for the lethal allele and a normal female?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH06 I Botany

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?

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#Question id: 4743

#SCPH12 I Genetics

Ectrodactyly is an autosomal dominant trait that causes missing middle fingers (lobster claw malformation). A grandfather and grandson both have ectrodactyly, but the intervening father has normal hands by x-ray. Which of the following terms applies to this family?