GCU BIO 181 FINAL PAPER TESTED QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS STUDY MATERIAL

GCU BIO 181 FINAL PAPER TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED SOLUTIONS
STUDY MATERIAL

●● cM
Answer: The map length used in linkage maps, or a 1% recombination
frequency


●● Law of Independent Assortment
Answer: Alleles sort independently of each other during meiosis


●● Klinefelter syndrome
Answer: A chromosomal disorder in which males have an extra X
chromosome, making them XXY instead of XY.


●● Down Syndrome
Answer: trisomy 21; 3 copies of chromosome 21


●● Nondisjunction
Answer: Homologous chromosomes do not separate normally as they
would in meiosis

, ●● X-linked recessive disorders
Answer: recessive disorders that most often are found in men


●● genetic recombination
Answer: results in offspring that do not look like either parent


●● SRY gene
Answer: sex gene determining region of the Y chromosome


●● Linked Genes
Answer: genes located on the same chromosome


●● wild type
Answer: the phenotype for a character most commonly observed in
natural populations


●● Law of Segregation
Answer: homologous chromosomes separate during gamete formation


●● Crossing Over
Answer: genes move from one chromosome to another