Prairie dogs once covered the expanses of the Great Plains. Their grazing made the grass more nutritious for the huge herds of bison, and a variety of snakes, raptors, and mammals   preyed on the rodents. In fact, the black- footed ferret (now endangered) specialized in prairie dog predation. Today, growing housing and agricultural developments have covered many prairie dog towns. Which of the following statements about prairie dogs is true?

#Question id: 5363

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

A Southern blot using a probe that binds to the region spanning the mutation causing albinism detects one DNA fragment in homozygous normal individuals (A/A) and two fragments in albino individuals (a/a). Following banding pattern of three offspring of parents? Which of the following correct regarding parents?

#Question id: 5423

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Maximum height of plant is 200 cm and minimum average height is 80cm. if plant height is controle by 5 pairs of polygene, which of the following plant exhibit average phenotype?

#Question id: 5424

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Imagine that height in corn plants is determined by three loci. The baseline height is 100 cm. Every + allele adds 10cm to the plant’s potential height, every – allele subtracts 10 cm from the plant’s potential height. The shortest possible plant and the tallest possible plant are mated to form an F1, what is the height of the F1?

#Question id: 5425

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Two varieties of maize averaging 50 and 20 inches in height, respectively, are crossed. The F1 progeny is quite uniform averaging 35 inches in height. Out Of the 16 F2 plants, the 5 are 35 inches. What is the probable number of independent segregating polygenes involved in this trait?

#Question id: 5426

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

Which of the following is incorrect regard polygenic inheritance?

#Question id: 5427

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology

In a plant, height is control by three quantitative trait loci.  Each dominant additive allele is contributing 3 cm height in plant. Maximum expected plant height is 20 cm. What is minimum expected height?