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#Question id: 8852

The upper forelimbs of humans and bats have fairly similar skeletal structures, whereas the corresponding bones in whales have very different shapes and proportions. However, genetic data suggest that all three kinds of organisms diverged from a common ancestor at about the same time. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for these data?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. Humans and bats evolved by natural selection, and whales evolved by Lamarckian mechanisms.
  2. Forelimb evolution was adaptive in people and bats, but not in whales.
  3. Natural selection in an aquatic environment resulted in significant changes to whale forelimb anatomy.
  4. Genes mutate faster in whales than in humans or bats.
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#Question id: 15001

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You cross true breeding lizards that are either green or albino and discover that all the offspring are striped green and white. Which is the most likely result if you cross two striped lizards?
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#Question id: 15002

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

If you performed a dihybrid cross and found that your results were significantly different from the 9:3:3:1 ratio, what would you suspect?
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#Question id: 15003

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Laurie met her husband Jim at a support group for families dealing with PKU (phenylketonurea), a recessive genetic disorder. Laurie and Jim both have one sister who is affected with PKU and no other family history of the disorder. They come to you as a genetic counselor to ask what their risk is of having an affected child. What do you tell them?
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#Question id: 15004

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following statements about a pedigree would be most definitive in determining a recessive pattern of inheritance?
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#Question id: 15005

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You identify a previously unidentified plant species and decide to study its genetics. You establish true breeding strains for leaf shape (longer than wide vs equal length and width) and flower color (white vs. yellow). When you perform a dihybrid cross with these strains, you find that your results are very different than those predicted by a 9:3:3:1 ratio. You calculate a chi square and get a p value of less than 0.0001. Which of the following statements is most accurate based on this observation?
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#Question id: 15006

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following is not a mechanism for sex determination?