What is the connection between the work of Mary Lyon and Murray Barr?

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Mary Lyon put forth the theory of X-inactivation, now called lyonization. Murray Barr was the first to describe Barr bodies, which we now know are inactivated X chromosomes.

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_____. a. hippocampus b. amygdala c. hypothalamus d. corpus striatum e. cerebellum

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Traits that are conditioned by one locus are most appropriately termed ________

A) qualitative traits B) quantitative traits C) continuously variable traits D) environmentally conditioned traits

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N-Ras, K-Ras, and H-Ras are best described as

a) Three unrelated oncogenes that each cause sarcomas b) Three different cancer-causing mutations found in the same ras gene c) Different activation states of the Ras protein d) Three closely related genes that likely evolved from a single ras gene

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There are many exceptions to Mendel's laws, including

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