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Reproduction and Heredity

Unit 8

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1. Onetraitthatdiffersinpeaplantsinvolvesthe
placementoftheflowers.Insomeplants,
flowersgrowalongthestemoftheplant.In
otherplants,theflowersgrowatthetipofthe
plant.Thestemflowerpositionisthedominant
trait,andthetipflowerpositionistherecessive
trait.Whichtraitswouldyouexpecttoseeifyou
selfpollinatedseveralgenerationsofpeaplants
thathavetherecessivetrait?

3. Inhislaboratory,Jinisstudyingthegeneticsof
mice.Foraparticulartrait,anadultfemale
mousehastheallelesAA,andanadultmale
mousehastheallelesAa.Whichofthese
questionscouldJinanswerbyusingaPunnett
square?
A. Dothesetwoadultmicehaveanyother
allelesincommon?
B. AreAAandAatheonlyallelespresentin
thesetwoadultmice?

A. Thetipflowerpositionwouldnotbeseenatall.
B. Thestemflowerpositionwouldnotbeseenatall.

C. Isthisgeneassociatedwithaninheritedtrait
oranacquiredtrait?

C. Thetipflowerpositionwouldskipsome
generations.

D. Whatpossiblecombinationsofallelescould
theoffspringoftheseadultsinherit?

D. Thestemflowerpositionwouldskipsome
generations.

4. Lookatthediagramshownbelow.Thealleles
fortheparentsaremissing.

2. Havingattachedorunattachedearlobesisan
inheritedtrait.Attachedearlobesoccurin
individualswiththegenotypeee.

Whatistherelationshipbetweenanindividuals
chromosomesandthegenesforearlobeattachment?

Theparentsinthediagramabovehavewhichof
thesealleles?

A. Thegenesforearlobeattachmentarelocated
onthechromosomesofeachcell.
B. Thechromosomesforearlobeattachmentare
locatedonthegenesofeachcell.

A. DDandDd

C. Ddanddd

B. DdandDd

D. DDanddd

C. Thegenesforearlobeattachmentcomefrom
oneparentandthechromosomesforearlobe
attachmentcomefromtheother.
D. Thechromosomesforearlobeattachmentare
madeupofcells.
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5. Seanisstudyingfungiinhislab.Eachfungus
producesspecializedcellsthatdevelopintonew,
multicellularorganismsthataregenetically
identicaltotheparentorganism.Whatdoesthis
processdemonstrate?
A. sexualreproduction

8. Therearetwomaintypesofcellsinthehuman
body.Somecellsarebodycells.Othercellsare
sexcells.Thesexcellsareinvolvedin
transmittinggeneticinformationfromparentsto
offspring.Whichofthesestatementsdescribesa
characteristicofasexcell?

B. asexualreproduction

A. Itmakesupmosttissues.

C. fertilization

B. Itcontainsonlysexchromosomes.

D. vegetativereproduction

C. Ithastwicethechromosomesofabodycell.

6. Lookatthediagramofsexualreproduction
below.

Whichofthesestatementscorrectlydescribes
thegeneticinformationinthediagram?

D. Itcontainshalfthechromosomesofabodycell.
9. Xanderexaminesseveralmicroscopeslides
showingstagesofthecellcycleinonioncells.
Ononeslide,henotesthatthecelldoesnot
appeartohavechromosomes.Instead,the
geneticmaterialappearstobeatangledballof
string.Whatstageofthecellcycleishe
observing?

A. CellAisgeneticallyidenticaltocellC.
B. CellBcontainsthesamegeneticmaterialas
cellC.
C. CellChasgenesfromcellAandgenesfrom
cellB.
D. CellsAandCcontributedgeneticmaterialto
cellB.

C. mitosis

B. meiosis

D. pollination

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C. metaphase

B. interphase

D. prophase

10. Erinisresearchingdiabetes.Shelearnsthat
familyhistoryofdiabetes,diet,andamountof
exercisearesomeofthefactorsassociatedwith
theoccurrenceofdiabetes.Basedonthis
information,whichofthesestatementsbest
describesdiabetes?
A. Theoccurrenceofdiabetesdependson
geneticandacquiredfactors.

7. Manyplantsreproducesexuallythroughthe
joiningofsexcellsinaflower.Thefemalesex
cellisanegg.Themalesexcellispartofthe
pollen.Bywhatprocessisthesexcellinpollen
produced?
A. fertilization

A. cytokinesis

B. Aparentwithdiabeteshasa50%chanceof
passingthediseasetooffspring.
C. Diabetesiscontrolledbyasinglegene.
D. Diabetesisanexampleofacodominanttrait.

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