Genetics Overview

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• How does genetics relate to meiosis?
• How does genetics use the principles of probability?
• What are common mistakes students make with genetics ?
• What are some examples of genetics ?
• What is genetics ?
• What is a common misconception about genes and heredity?
• What is the difference between a haplotype and a genotype?
• One parental organism has the genotype #"TT"#, and another has the genotype #"Tt"#. What will the genotypes of their gametes be?
• Are the 'alleles' same as the word homologous?
• What is polygenic inheritance?
• What is the difference between genetic drift, founder effect, and bottleneck effect?
• How does active CAP induce expression of the genes of the lactose operon?
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• What is inheritance genetic disorder?
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• What causes many endangered species that are now found only in zoos to have very little genetic variation?
• What is a trait called when it is controlled by more than one gene?
• What slime-covered structures are thought by some scientists to be where the first cells might have formed?
• What was Friedrich Miescher's contribution to the discovery of the genetic code?
• How might transferring specific genes from legumes into rice plants help reduce malnutrition?
• How many different gametes has a human being?
• How many autosomes do humans have?
• What are the two forms of genetic drift and examples?
• What does Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment mean?
• A true breeding black fowl is crossed with a true breeding white fowl, and all the progeny fowl are neither black nor white. Is this an example of Mendelian inheritance?
• How did Mendel derive the Law of Segregation and Independent Assortment from his experiments?
• What is the difference between multiple alleles and polygenic inheritance?
• What interesting type of cat can be made from hybridization?
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• What is inheritance?
• Why does each cell have 2 copies of each gene is it because when cell dived the copy the nucleus and the genes present in the nucleus?
• How many chromosomes does a haploid human germ cell have?
• What is the effect of directional selection on genetic variation?
• Formation of a GMO may involve vertical or horizontal gene transfer?
• If an organism has a diploid number of 64, what is the haploid number?
• Why is there less chance for genetic drift if the population is large?
• Are the bottleneck effect and the founder effect the only two types of genetic drift? Are mutations also an example of genetic drift?
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• When does crossing over occur in cellular reproduction?
• Which is easier to establish in a pure-breeding population, a dominant or a recessive gene?
• Which inheritance pattern results when parents are crossed for pure traits and the resulting offspring have traits that appear to blend?
• Could anyone clearly answer me how does a lethal gene work?
• What is genetic code?
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• What is the Law of Independent Assortment?
• How does sex-linked inheritance work?
• What is meant by allele frequency?
• Define single genes?