What is the estimated influence of genes (as opposed to environment) on a trait called?
What will be an ideal response?
heritability
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Frameshift mutations change the number of ____ in the gene and usually cause large-scale changes in the ____
sequence of the protein. a. polypeptides; nucleotide b. amino acids; allelic c. alleles; amino acid d. nucleotides; amino acid e. amino acids; nucleotide
If a homozygous black bull is mated with a homozygous white cow and the calf is gray, this would be an example of ___________. However, if the calf has black and white spots this would be an example of _______________.
a. incomplete dominance; a sex-linked trait b. complete dominance; polygenic trait c. codominance; homology d. incomplete dominance; codominance
During translation, the codons on the mRNA are recognized by complementary base pairing to the anticodon on the
a. ribosome. b. transfer RNA. c. small cytoplasmic RNA. d. aminoacyl tRNA synthetase.
Dr. Howard asks a group of men to identify themselves by their gender before giving them a test of heroism. What concept is Dr. Howard demonstrating?