What are QTLs?

What will be an ideal response?


QTLs are quantitative trait loci and refer to genes controlling the expression of quantitative traits.

Biology & Microbiology

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If a plant species exhibits maternal inheritance for leaf pigmentation, what is the phenotype of the parents of a variegated (green and white leaves) plant?

A. The maternal plant must be white and the paternal plant must be green. B. The maternal plant must be green and the paternal plant must be white. C. The maternal plant must be variegated and the paternal plant can be any color. D. Both the maternal and paternal plant must be variegated. E. The maternal plant must be variegated and the paternal plant must be white.

Biology & Microbiology

Four of the five answers correctly describe trends in plant evolution. Select the exception

a. nonvascular to vascular b. sporophyte dominant to gametophyte dominant c. motile to nonmotile gametes d. seedless to seeds e. haploid to diploid dominance

Biology & Microbiology

Which term refers to growth from apical meristems that generally results in an increase in the length of a plant?

a. typical growth b. secondary growth c. primary growth d. longitudinal growth

Biology & Microbiology

Hypothermia is defined as body temperature less than ____.

a. 91 degrees F b. 95 degrees F c. 93 degrees F d. 89 degrees F

Biology & Microbiology