Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 11, Problem 3SQ
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A couple of one maternal and one paternal chromosome that undergo pairing upon meiosis are called homologous chromosomes. They are with the same length and size but with different DNA sequence as they are inherited from two different parents but they have the same genes in the same order in their chromosomal arms.
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if two genes are linked ____
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Human body cells are diploid, which mean they______ . a. divide to form two cells b. have two full sets of chromosomes c. contain two chromosomes
Autosomal homologous chromosomes
a. are joined at the centromere
b. are the same size but different shape
c. have identical gene locations and alleles
d. consist of a copy of a paternal and a maternal chromosome
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Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 11 - HeLa Cells Are a Genetic Mess HeLa cells can vary...Ch. 11 - HeLa Cells Are a Genetic Mess HeLa cells can vary...Ch. 11 - HeLa Cells Are a Genetic Mess HeLa cells can vary...Ch. 11 - Prob. 1SQCh. 11 - A duplicated chromosome has how many chromatids?Ch. 11 - Prob. 3SQCh. 11 - Most cells spend the majority of their lives in...Ch. 11 - The spindle attaches to chromosomes at the...Ch. 11 - Only _______ is not a stage of mitosis. a....Ch. 11 - In intervals of interphase, G stands for ______....
Ch. 11 - Interphase is the part of the cell cycle when...Ch. 11 - After mitosis the chromosome number of a...Ch. 11 - Prob. 10SQCh. 11 - Prob. 11SQCh. 11 - Prob. 12SQCh. 11 - Match each term with its best description. __ cell...Ch. 11 - Prob. 14SQCh. 11 - When a cell reproduces by mitosis and cytoplasmic...Ch. 11 - The eukaryotic cell at left is in the process of...Ch. 11 - Exposure to radioisotopes or other sources of...Ch. 11 - Suppose you have a way to measure the amount of...
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- The exchange of parts between non-homologous chromosomes is called ____arrow_forwardWhich statement about homologous chromosomes is FALSE? Select one: a. They contain the same genes in the same places along the length of the chromosome b. One member of the homologous pair came from your mother, the other from your father c. For a particular gene, one member of the pair may have one allele, while the other has a different allele d. They are joined together at the centromere as the two halves of the typical X-shaped chromosomearrow_forwardMany cancers are often associated with ________ A. deletion B. duplication C. translocation D. transposition E. inversionarrow_forward
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