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;

you cross each haploid mutant strain to a different haploid mutant of the opposite mating type. From the results shown below deduce as much as you can about which mutations lie in the same gene. Clearly state any remaining ambiguities and suggest some general ways that the ambiguities might be resolved

a) That mutants 1 and 3 form one complementation group and are mutations in the same gene (gene A) 

b) That mutations 2 and 5 form a second complementation group and are mutations in a second gene (gene B).

c) That mutations 3 and 5 form a second complementation group and are mutations in a second gene (gene B).

d) The first ambiguity is whether mutant 4 has a mutation in gene A or B, or whether it represents a unique gene.

Which of the following is the correct prediction about mutants?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You find a pink geranium in your flowerbed of red geraniums. Seeds from self fertilization of this plant produce ¼ red plants, ½ pink plants, and ¼ white plants. When considering the visible phenotype, which explanation is most likely?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

What are the possible offspring from a type A mother and a type AB father?

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#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In soybeans, resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS) is inherited as a dominant condition. In some cases, individuals that are not resistant to SDS (but whose parents were) can pass the trait on to their progeny. This is an example of which of the following?

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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?