If the frequency of hemophilia, an X-linked recessive disease, is 10% in males, what is the frequency of carriers in the population (both males and females)?

What will be an ideal response?


0% of males and 18% of females

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The most frequent clinical signs of chronic Chagas disease involve the enlargement of which organ?

a. Heart b. Liver c. Spleen d. Lung

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The genetic condition xeroderma pigmentosum, which can lead to skin cancer, results from the inability to

A) correct UV-induced thymine dimers. B) process the amino acid phenylalanine. C) produce functional hemoglobin. D) correct transitions. E) correct breaks in the X chromosome.

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Carl Woese investigated evolutionary relationships among prokaryotes by _____

a. comparing complete genome sequences b. comparing ribosomal RNA gene sequences c. classifying organisms based on metabolic patterns d. protein arrays e. by using newly advanced culture methods to compare organisms

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What is the age of the twig in the accompanying figure?


a. 0 years
b. 1 year
c. 2 years
d. 3 years
e. 5 years

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