Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Mendel's laws do not adequately explain all the patterns of inheritance.
2. The DNA methylation state of a zygote will be maintained throughout the life of the organism and then passed on unchanged to its offspring.
3. Epistatic gene interactions do not follow Mendel's laws of inheritance.
4. Paternal inheritance occurs in plants but not animals because animals do not have chloroplasts.
5. Barr bodies are a diagnostic feature of X inactivation.
1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE
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A. holoblastic cleavage with eggs containing little or no yolk B. some yolk, and cleavage resulting in vegetal and animal poles C. meroblastic cleavage with eggs containing almost entirely yolk D. holoblastic cleavage with eggs containing very little yolk, but with the inner cell mass concentrated at one pole E. holoblastic cleavage with eggs containing very little yolk, but with the inner cell mass distributed uniformly
What fraction of the time will the cross of Aa Bb Cc with Aa Bb Cc produce an offspring that
expresses all three dominant genes? a. 3/64 b. 1/16 c. 1/8 d. 9/64 e. 27/64
Which of the following is involved in breathing and protects the heart and lungs?
a) pectoral girdle b) thoracic cage c) vertebral column d) skull
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A. sum of squared predictions divided by the total sum of squares. B. sum of squared residuals divided by the sum of squared predictions. C. sum of squared predictions divided by the sum of squared residuals. D. sum of squared residuals divided by the total sum of squares.