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A person with Klinefelter XXY
syndrome has which of the Individuals with the karyotype 47,XXY have Klinefelter
following genetic syndrome.
abnormalities?
A couple is planning to 50%
have children. The father is Mating between a heterozygote with an autosomal
affected by an autosomal dominant disease and a normal parent carries a 50% risk
dominant disease, but the of transmitting the disease gene.
mother does not have the
disease gene. If the father
is a heterozygote, what is
the chance that their first
child will be affected by the
autosomal dominant
disease?
expressivity.
Neurofibromatosis can vary Variability in disease expression is common to
in disease: neurofibromatosis. Expression of the disease ranges
from café-au-lait spots to malignant skin tumors.
Steven has Duchenne mother only.
muscular dystrophy. He Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive
inherited this condition disorder. Steven inherited the abnormal X-linked gene
from his: from his mother.
Turner syndrome
Which of the following
The karyotype of an individual with Turner syndrome
aneuploidy disorders is
does not involve the Y chromosome and therefore
found only in females?
cannot occur in males.
, monosomies and trisomies.
Nondisjunction, or failure of a chromosome to separate
during meiosis, results in an ovum with two copies of the
Chromosomal chromosome and an ovum with no copies of the
nondisjunction results in: chromosome. When these ova encounter a male
gamete (sperm), the resulting embryo will have either an
extra copy of the chromosome (trisomy) or one copy of
the chromosome (monosomy).
Which of the following Mutations are alterations in normal DNA sequence.
statements about mutations Mutations are alterations in normal DNA sequence.
is correct?
The triplet of base pairs codon.
necessary to code for a A codon is the triplet of base pairs necessary to code
specific amino acid is for a specific amino acid.
called a:
Down syndrome, Turner None of the above
syndrome, and Klinefelter None of these problems are common to all three
syndrome all manifest with genetic disorders.
which of the following
problems?
Sterility
None of the above
Severe mental retardation
Congenital heart defects
DNA, RNA, and proteins.
Mutations can result in Mutations resulting in DNA changes also affect RNA
abnormal: and proteins because these elements are formed from
the DNA template.
A somatic cell that contains an euploid cell.
a multiple of 23 An euploid cell contains a multiple of the normal
chromosomes is called: number of chromosomes.
Which of the following is Freezing
not a term used to describe Freezing is not a process that results in abnormal
a process that results in chromosomal structure.
abnormal chromosomal
structure?