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#Question id: 8849


Humans can digest starch but not cellulose because

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  1. the monomer of starch is glucose, while the monomer of cellulose is galactose.
  2. humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the beta (β) glycosidic linkages of starch but not the alpha (α) glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
  3. humans have enzymes that can hydrolyze the alpha (α) glycosidic linkages of starch but not the beta (β) glycosidic linkages of cellulose.
  4. humans harbor starch-digesting bacteria in the digestive tract.
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#Question id: 4747

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How does incomplete dominance differ from incomplete penetrance?

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A normal woman, whose father was Hemophilic and color blind is married to a colorblind, nonhemophilic man. What will be probability of colorblind, hemophilic daughter?

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#Question id: 4750

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Which of the following is similarity about Sex-limited Characteristics (SLC) and genomic imprinting (GI)?

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#Question id: 4751

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In the following example, 3 independently assorting genes are known to govern coat color in mice. The genotype of few of the coat colors is given below:

Agouti: A-B-C- Black: aa B-C - Albino: -- -- cc

What will be the expected frequency of abino, in progeny from crosses of  AaBbCc with albino of the genotype aabbcc?

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#Question id: 4752

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Red-green color blindness is caused by a sex-linked recessive allele. A color-blind man marries a woman with normal vision whose father was color-blind. What is the probability that they will have a color-blind daughter? What is the probability that their first son will be color-blind respectively?

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#Question id: 4753

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Pattern baldness in humans is a sex-influenced trait that is autosomes dominant in males and recessive in females. What is genotype of both parents with normal hair had one son with pattern baldness and another son is normal hair?