EBK HUMAN BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 8220100545931
Author: MCMILLAN
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 20, Problem 5SQ
A chromosome’s structure can be altered by _______.
- a. deletions
- b. duplications
- c. translocations
- d. all of the above
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- and down syndrome the victim has an extra chromosome 21. Therefore, down syndrome is a kind of ___ and results from ___. A. aneuploidy... nondisjunction of chromosome 21 during meiosis B. polyploidy... occurrence of meiosis without cytokinesis C. translocation… insertion of a transposon into chromosome 21 D. replication air… An extra cycle of DNA synthesis during the five phasearrow_forwardWhy are individuals with an extra chromosome 21, that causes Down syndrome, more numerous than individuals with an extrachromosome 3 or chromosome 16? A.] There are probably more genes on chromosome 21 than on the others B.] Chromosome 21 is a sex chromosome and chromosomes 3 and 16 are not C.] Down syndrome is not more common, just more serious D.] Extra copies of the other chromosomes are probably fatalarrow_forwardMatch the chromosomal rearragement shown below (a-d) with the term for that particular chromosomal rearrangement. a. A B C D E Original chromosome A B C D E F Rearranged chromosome b. A B C. d. A B C DE F G A M N C D 3 E S A B C D G A B C D Q R G M N P EF S 1. Duplication 2. Deletion 3. Translocation 4. Inversionarrow_forward
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