Biology
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ISBN: 9781260494570
Author: Raven, Peter
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 12, Problem 6A
Mendel’s model assumes that each trait is determined by a single factor with alternate forms. We now know that this is too simplistic and that
a. a single gene may affect more than one trait.
b. a single trait may be affected by more than one gene.
c. a single gene always affects only one trait, but traits may be affected by more than one gene.
d. a single gene can affect more than one trait, and traits may be affected by more than one gene.
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Which of the following is false?
a. the pollen grain shape was studied by Mendel.
b. Mendel believed that the characteristics of pea plants were determined by the inheritance units or factors from both parents.
c. An allele is one of several possible forms of a gene.
d. When the genotype consists of a dominant and recessive allele, the phenotype will be like the dominant allele.
In Mendel’s terminology, a “true-breeding” variety of a particular plant:
a. Has a homozygous genotype for that trait
b. All of the listed choices are correct
c. Will have the same phenotype as the parental plant
d. Always has offspring with the same phenotype for that trait
Assume a large population has two alleles, B and b, for a particular trait that displays a normal
pattern of Mendelian inheritance. If 49% of the population displays the recessive phenotype for this
trait..
a. What percent of the population would be heterozygous (Bf)?
b. What percent of the population would be homozygous dominant (BB)?
c. What percent of the population would display the dominant phenotype?
d. What is the frequency of the recessive allele (b) expressed as a percentage?
e. What is the frequency of the dominant allele (B) expressed as a percentage?
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