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#Question id: 4994

In certain motile prokaryotes, dozens of different proteins comprise the motor that powers the prokaryotic flagellum. The motor has a complicated structure, and its various proteins interact to carry out its function. Based on Darwinʹs explanation for the existence of human eyes, how would he probably have explained the existence of such motors?

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

  1. Because he could not have explained their existence, he would have used supernatural agents as a temporary explanation until the gap in scientific knowledge had been filled.

  2. Because he could not have explained their existence, he would have concluded that the human brain has not (and probably cannot) evolve the capability to solve such complex problems.

  3. He would have proposed that these motors were the products of aliens, and had been delivered to Earth by extraterrestrial visitors.

  4. He would have proposed that less complicated, but still functional, versions (maybe even with a different function) had existed in ancestral prokaryotes.

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#Question id: 15662

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

You develop an inbred strain of mice that display one of two distinct syndromes. What evidence might lead you to believe that these mice are mutant for a gene or genes affected by imprinting?
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#Question id: 15412

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

For a trait known to be caused by a mitochondrial gene variant, there may be an occasional female that can transmit different phenotypes to her progeny on an apparently random basis. What situation might you suspect?
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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?
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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: 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: 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?