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Biology Final 4
exam 4 uco
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2012

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To determine the unknown genotype of an organism with a particular phenotype you might perform the following: dna fingerprint, PCR, SCNT, Test Cross, none of these
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Test Cross
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Could a man with blood type B who is accused of being the father of a baby with type A blood be the father of that child?
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yes/maybe need more information
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Could a man with type AB blood type be the father of a baby with type O blood?
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no
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the ABO blood type system is NOT an example of; multiple alleles, incomplete dominance, codominance, any of these
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incomplete dominance
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Which of the following individuals could we transfuse Type B red blood cells into with few complications?
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B and AB
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If a trait is passed only from father to son through several generations it might be
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holandric
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Rh incompatibility potentially occurs when
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the father is Rh+ and the mother is Rh-
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who determines the offspring
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the mother
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a woman with red-green colorblindness has a mother with normal vision. Knowing that color-blindness is a sex linked recessive gene (b) what is her father's genotype?
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X^b X^b
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If there are two genes and neither is completely dominant over the other, and both express themselves in the phenotype resulting in a blen of the traits, it is called
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incomplete dominance
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the lack of enough vitamin C might result in
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scurvey
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the lacunae in compact bones contain
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osteocytes
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which organism has a hydrostatic skeleton with a soft body wall?
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earthworm
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a mineral stored in large quantities in bones is
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calcium
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in compact bone tissue, the center cavities are filled with
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yellow marrow
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the connective tissue that joins a bone to a bone is called a
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tendon
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When bones become abnormally porous and demineralize the condition is called
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osteoporosis
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which of the following is/are part if the appendicular skeleton? phalanges, tibia, tarsus, all are, none are
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all are
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The soft spots on a baby's skull are called?
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fontanels
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the shoulder is an example of which type of joint?
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ball and socket
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the term "idiopathic" implies what?
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no cause is really known
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an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called?
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scoliosis
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when a bone breaks completely into two pieces but does not penetrate the skin, it is termed?
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simple fracture
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which of the following is part of the axial skeleton? phalanges, tibia, tarsus, radius, none are
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none are
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how many small bones are found in the middle ear of humans?
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three (malleus, incus and stapes)
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red blood cells originate from?
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bone marrow stem cells
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the black and white extremities of Himalayan rabbits are examples
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of environmental effects on genes
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the technique used to make many copies of a small piece of DNA is called
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PCR
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the process of transferring a gene (portion of DNA) from one organism to another is called?
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recombinant DNA
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about how many genes do humans have?
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100,000
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F1 offspring of the cross of AA x aa are
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all Aa
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what type of skeleton does a cockroach have?
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exoskeleton
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which of the following is not a function of the skeleton? produce blood cells, protect internal organs, store calcium and phosphorous, interact with muscle for movement, all are functions
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all are functions
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