Genetics is the study of

A) variation of inherited traits.
B) how organisms reproduce.
C) how life originated.
D) how the environment causes disease.


A) variation of inherited traits.

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a. Charles Darwin b. Louis Pasteur c. Carolus Linnaeus d. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck e. Gregor Mendel

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In a family pedigree that followed several

generations, Gaucher’s disease was found in family members every other generation and equally in males and females. Gaucher’s disease is most likely a ______ disease.

a. dominant b. recessive c. X-linked d. epistatic e. pleiotrophic

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________ is the organelle associated with the functions of steroid biosynthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, and drug detoxification

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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