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#Question id: 21250

A 56-year-old female was diagnosed with a tumor near the base of the skull, impinging on her optic tract. Which of the following statements about the central visual pathway is correct?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. The fibers from each temporal hemiretina decussate in the optic chiasm, so that the fibers in the optic tracts are those from the temporal half of one retina and the nasal half of the other
  2. In the geniculate body, the fibers from the nasal half of one retina and the temporal half of the other synapse on the cells whose axons form the geniculocalcarine tract.
  3. Layers 2 and 3 of the visual cortex contain clusters of cells called globs that contain a high concentration of cytochrome oxidase.
  4. Complex cells have a preferred orientation of a linear stimulus and, compared to simple cells, are more dependent on the location of the stimulus within the visual field.
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#Question id: 4762

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

a semilethal allele is an example of which of the following extensions of mendelian genetics?
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#Question id: 4763

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

in a rare blood type referred to as the bombay phenotype, individuals are unable to attach the a or b antigens to their red blood cells. individuals that are homozygous recessive for gene "h" have the bombay phenotype and their blood type is type "o" regardless of their abo genotype. this is an example of what extension of mendelian inheritance?
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#Question id: 4764

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following is the best example of overdominance?
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#Question id: 4765

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

The recessive mutant allele that causes cystic fibrosis is much more frequent in Caucasians population than in other world populations. Some scientists believe heterozygotes must have had a survival advantage during plagues such as cholera that occasionally swept through this population. What concept does this illustrate?
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#Question id: 4766

#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: 4767

#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?