Scientists have found that extracellular matrix components may induce specific gene expression in embryonic tissues such as the liver and testes. For this to happen, there must be direct communication between the extracellular matrix and the developing cells. Which kind of transmembrane protein would most likely be involved in this kind of induction?

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#Question id: 15381

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Neurofibromatosis is a condition in humans which is generally inherited in a dominant fashion. Assuming this disorder is 90% penetrant, what is the chance that a single child born to a father with neurofibromatosis and a mother known not to carry the mutation will have the disorder?

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#Question id: 15382

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In a group of fruit flies homozygous for an allele that causes a reduced number of thoracic bristles, you notice that the number of bristles varies from about half the normal number to only a few bristles. This is an example of which of the following?

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#Question id: 15383

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You are trying to develop true breeding blue hydrangeas, but the plants in one corner of your plot consistently turn pink regardless of your mating strategy. Which of the following would you suspect?

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#Question id: 15385

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You cross a true breeding normal corn plant with a true breeding plant with variegated seed coat and colorless endosperm. You suspect the genes are linked, so you cross one of the resulting normal offspring to a true breeding variegated, colorless plant. What are your expected results if the genes are completely linked?

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#Question id: 15410

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A pattern of transmission where all offspring have the same phenotype as their mother is consistent with which type of non-Mendelian inheritance?

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#Question id: 15411

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Both X-linked genes and extranuclear inheritance produce different results in reciprocal crosses. How can you distinguish between them?