Positional cloning is used to link the inheritance of a disease in a pedigree to the inheritance of _____

a. other diseases or conditions
b. a specific blood type
c. other genes whose loci were known
d. marker sequences produced by restriction enzymes
e. X-linked genes


d

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Dispersal agents, such as pollen-carrying wind or seed-carrying animals, are responsible for ____ in most plant

populations because they often introduce novel alleles into a population.

a. gene flow b. genetic drift c. mutations d. nonrandom mating e. natural selection

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A liquid that can dissolve other substances is

called a

a. compound. b. mixture. c. solvent. d. solute. e. solution

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Home gardeners who grow tomatoes are often told to pinch off auxillary buds at nodes to prevent the plants from becoming too bushy. This is applicable with most tomato species because they have growth.

A. circular B. slow C. determinate D. undefined E. indeterminate

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Which cells make up the bulk of the soft primary growth of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits?

a. parenchyma cells b. sclerenchyma cells c. collenchyma cells d. vessel members cells

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