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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Genetics ................................................................................................................... 3
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Chapter 02: Chromosomes and Cellular Reproduction .....................................................................................15
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Chapter 03: Basic Principles of Heredity............................................................................................................ 32
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Chapter 04: Extensions and Modifications of Basic Principles ....................................................................... 59
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Chapter 05: Linkage, Recombination, and Eukaryotic Gene Mapping ...........................................................98
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Chapter 06: Chromosome Variation .................................................................................................................. 115
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Chapter 07: Bacterial and Viral Genetic Systems ............................................................................................ 139
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Chapter 08 DNA: The Chemical Nature of the Gene ...................................................................................... 152
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Chapter 09: DNA Replication and Recombination........................................................................................... 181
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Chapter 10: From DNA to Proteins: Transcription and RNA Processing ...................................................... 198
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Chapter 11: From DNA to Proteins: Translation .............................................................................................. 224
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Chapter 12: Control of Gene Expression .......................................................................................................... 244
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Chapter 13: Gene Mutations, Transposable Elements, and DNA Repair ...................................................... 278
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Chapter 14: Molecular Genetic Analysis and Biotechnology .......................................................................... 298
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Chapter 15: Genomics and Proteomics..............................................................................................................314
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Chapter 16: Cancer Genetics.............................................................................................................................. 332
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Chapter 17: Quantitative Genetics .................................................................................................................... 346
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Chapter 18: Population and Evolutionary Genetics.........................................................................................366
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, Chapter 01: Introduction to Genetics
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1. Albinism is rare in most human populations, occurring at a frequency of about 1 in 20,000 people. H
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plain in terms of natural selection why albinism is so rare in most human populations.
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ANSWER: In most populations, there is fairly strong selection against albinism because albinos don’t pr
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oduce melanin, causing their skin cells not to be protected from the damaging effects of su
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nlight. Also, the lack of melanin in their eyes causes them to have poor eyesight. Finally, in
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most cultures albinos are seen as abnormal, and they are not normally sought out for marri
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age and mating. Therefore, in most populations the alleles that cause albinism are selected
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against, and they decrease in frequency or are kept at a low level, causing the recessive trai
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2. Albinism is rare in most human populations, occurring at a frequency of about 1 in 20,000 people. H
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owever, the trait occurs at a frequency of 1 in 200 in certain Hopi villages of Black Mesa in Arizona. Ex
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plain in terms of natural selection why the trait is so much more common among the Hopis of Black
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Mesa.
ANSWER: Albinos occupy a privileged position among the Hopis of Black Mesa. In this culture, albin
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os are viewed as especially pretty, clean, and intelligent, and they often occupy position
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s of leadership. Albinos are celebrated in the villages as a sign of purity of Hopi blood in
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the community.
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age. Therefore, the alleles that cause albinism are either selected for in this culture or at le
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3. Which one of the following pairings between the subdiscipline of genetics and the pheno
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menon is INCORRECT?
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b. gene regulation—molecular genetics
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c. allelic frequency alteration—population genetics
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e. chemical nature of the gene—transmission genetics
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