Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321948908
Author: Mark F. Sanders, John L. Bowman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 39P
Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the inability to
a. Draw a pedigree that includes Amanda, Brice, and their siblings and parents. Identify the genotype of each person, using G and g to represent the dominant and recessive alleles, respectively.
b. What is the probability that Amanda is a carrier of the allele for galactosemia? What is the probability that Brice is a carrier? Explain your reasoning for each answer.
c. What is the probability that the first child of Amanda and Brice will have galactosemia? Show your work.
d. If the first child has galactosemia, what is the probability that the second child will have galactosemia? Explain the reasoning for your answer.
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Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive disease that results from a defect in an enzyme that normally metabolizes the amino acid phenylalanine; when this enzyme is defective, high levels of phenylalanine cause brain damage. In the past, most children with PKU became intellectually disabled. Fortunately, intellectual disability can be prevented in these children by carefully controlling the amount of phenylalanine in the diet. The diet is usually applied during childhood, when brain development is taking place. As a result of this treatment, many people with PKU now reach reproductive age. Children born to women with PKU (who are no longer on a phenylalanine-restricted diet) frequently have low birth weight, developmental abnormalities, and intellectual disabilities. However, children of men with PKU do not have these problems.
Q. Provide an explanation for these observations.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an autosomal recessive disease that results from a defect in an enzyme that normally metabolizes the amino acid phenylalanine; when this enzyme is defective, high levels of phenylalanine cause brain damage. In the past, most children with PKU became intellectually disabled. Fortunately, intellectual disability can be prevented in these children by carefully controlling the amount of phenylalanine in the diet. The diet is usually applied during childhood, when brain development is taking place. As a result of this treatment, many people with PKU now reach reproductive age. Children born to women with PKU (who are no longer on a phenylalanine-restricted diet) frequently have low birth weight, developmental abnormalities, and intellectual disabilities. However, children of men with PKU do not have these problems. a. Provide an explanation for these observations. b. What type of genetic effect is this? Explain your reasoning.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a human hereditary disease resulting from the inability of the body to process the chemical phenylalanine, which is contained in the protein we eat. PKU is manifest in early infancy and, if it remains untreated, generally leads to cognitive impairment. PKU is caused by a recessive allele with simple Mendelian inheritance. A couple intends to have children but consults a genetic counselor because the man has a sister with PKU and the woman has a brother with PKU. There are no other known cases in their families. They ask the genetic counselor to determine the probability that their first child will have PKU. What is this probability?
Chapter 2 Solutions
Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (2nd Edition)
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1. Compare and contrast the following terms:
a....Ch. 2 - For the cross , what is the expected genotype...Ch. 2 - 37. Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - In mice, black coat color is dominant to white...Ch. 2 - Two parents plan to have three children. What is...Ch. 2 - Consider the cross AaBbCCAABbCc. a. How many...Ch. 2 - If a chi-square test produces a chi-square value...Ch. 2 -
8. Determine whether the statements below are...Ch. 2 - In the datura plant, purple flower color is...Ch. 2 - 10. The dorsal pigment pattern of frogs can be...
Ch. 2 - 11. Black skin color is dominant to pink skin...Ch. 2 - A male mouse with brown fur color is mated to two...Ch. 2 - 13. Figure 2.12 shows the results of Mendel’s...Ch. 2 - 14. An experienced goldfish breeder receives two...Ch. 2 -
15. The accompanying pedigree shows the...Ch. 2 -
16. A geneticist crosses a pure-breeding strain...Ch. 2 - Suppose an F1 plant from Problem 16 is crossed to...Ch. 2 - 18. In pea plants, the appearance of flowers along...Ch. 2 - 19. If two six-sided dice are rolled, what is the...Ch. 2 - Experimental Insight 2.1 describes data, collected...Ch. 2 -
21. The accompanying pedigree shows the...Ch. 2 - 22. The seeds in bush bean pods are each the...Ch. 2 - List all the different gametes that are possible...Ch. 2 - Organisms with the genotypes AABbCcDd and AaBbCcDd...Ch. 2 -
52. In humans, the ability to bend the thumb...Ch. 2 - In the fruit fly Drosophila, a rudimentary wing...Ch. 2 - In pea plants, plant height, seed shape, and seed...Ch. 2 - A variety of pea plant called Blue Persian...Ch. 2 - 29. In tomato plants, the production of red fruit...Ch. 2 - A male and a female are each heterozygous for both...Ch. 2 - 31. In a sample of families with children each,...Ch. 2 - Prob. 32PCh. 2 - A woman expressing a dominant phenotype is...Ch. 2 - Two parents who are each known to be carriers of...Ch. 2 - 33. An organism having the genotype AaBbCcDdEe is...Ch. 2 - 34. A man and a woman are each heterozygous...Ch. 2 - For a single dice roll, there is a 16 chance that...Ch. 2 - You have four guinea pigs for a genetic study. One...Ch. 2 - 37. Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - Sweet yellow tomatoes with a pear shape bring a...Ch. 2 - A cross between a spicy variety of Capsicum annum...Ch. 2 - Alkaptonuria is an infrequent autosomal recessive...Ch. 2 - 41. Humans vary in many ways from one another....Ch. 2 - 42. In chickens, the presence of feathers on the...Ch. 2 -
43. A pure-breeding fruit fly with the...Ch. 2 - 44. Situs inversus is a congenital condition in...Ch. 2 - 45. Domestic dogs evolved from ancestral grey...Ch. 2 - Alleles of the IGF-1 gene in dogs, encoding...Ch. 2 - 49. The Basalt Seed Lending Library run by the...
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