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#Question id: 24166

The term spices is a pleasant one, whether it connotes fine French cuisine or a down-home, cinnamon-flavored apple pie. ____________. In the past, individuals traveled the world seeking exotic spices for profit and, in searching, have changed the course of history. Indeed, to gain control of lands harboring new spices, nations have actually gone to war.

#General Aptitude
  1. The taste and aroma of spices are the main elements that make food such a source of fascination and pleasure.
  2. The term might equally bring to mind Indian curry made thousands of miles away and those delicious barbecued ribs sold on the corner.
  3. It is exciting to find a good cookbook and experiment with spices from other lands—indeed, it is one way to travel around the globe!
  4. The history of spices, however, is another matter altogether, and at times, it can be filled with danger and intrigue.
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#Question id: 15008

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You have a white eyed, male fruit fly with vestigial wings and a wild type female known to be heterozygous for both traits. You know that vestigial is located on an autosome. What is the probability that a mating between these two flies will generate a female offspring with vestigial wings and white eyes?
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#Question id: 15009

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A mutation in which most of the protein coding sequence of the gene is removed is most likely to be which type of allele?
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#Question id: 15010

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The phenomenon where half the "normal" level of functional protein is not enough to generate a normal phenotype is called haploinsufficiency. Which of the following situations demonstrates haploinsufficiency?
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#Question id: 15011

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following statements about a lethal allele is NOT correct?
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#Question id: 15148

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You have isolated a set of five yeast mutants that form dark red colonies instead of the usual white colonies of wild-type yeast. You cross each of the mutants to a wild-type haploid strain and obtain the results shown below;
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you cross each haploid mutant strain to a different haploid mutant of the opposite mating type. What type of mutation shown in the above figure;
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#Question id: 15195

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In the following pedigree shows the segregation of two different recessive traits.
Assuming that both traits are due to linked autosomal genes that are 10 cM apart, calculate the probability that the indicated child will have both recessive traits.