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You are studying two new traits that control tomato color (red v. albino) and shape (round...

You are studying two new traits that control tomato color (red v. albino) and shape (round v. long). You cross a red and round tomato plant with one displaying albino and long. The resulting F1 are all red and round. The F2 have the following phenotypes (8 points)

834 round, red

250 round, albino

272 long, red

80    long, albino

  1. Which of these characteristics are dominant?
  2. What are the most likely genotypes of the F2?
  3. What is the mode of inheritance? (Use words like, autosomal, sex-linked, dominant, epistatic, incomplete dominant, etc.)

d. Test your hypothesis using the Chi-square statistic.

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**Botany Related Question** If an asteroid strikes Earth and kicks up a thick cloud of dust...

**Botany Related Question**

If an asteroid strikes Earth and kicks up a thick cloud of dust that lowers the rate of photosynthesis by 90%, what immediate and long-term effects would you expect to find in animal and plant populations? What would be the political, economic, and social implications?

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You set up a cross using two corn plants with green seedlings and obtain the following...

You set up a cross using two corn plants with green seedlings and obtain the following progeny (6 points):

3583 green seedlings

853 white seedlings

260 yellow seedlings

  1. Assign genotypes for seedling color
  2. What is the hypothesized mode of inheritance for seedling color?

c. Perform a Chi-square analysis to test the hypothesis stated in part (b) of this question

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Of the multiregional versus Out-of-Africa hypotheses, which model is supported best by the data? Briefly state...

Of the multiregional versus Out-of-Africa hypotheses, which model is supported best by the data? Briefly state how the data support that particular model.

(please don't copy paste from websites)

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Glucose is classified as a ________. Select one: a. simple sugar b. dietary starch c. polysaccharide...

Glucose is classified as a ________.

Select one:

a. simple sugar

b. dietary starch

c. polysaccharide

d. dietary fiber

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Coronaviruses are known to have higher than usual recombination frequencies for RNA viruses. How does recombination...

  1. Coronaviruses are known to have higher than usual recombination frequencies for RNA viruses. How does recombination play a role in genomic variation? How might it affect the pathology and spread of SARS-CoV-2? anything helps

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Heterochromatic regions at the ends of chromosomes that function to control how many times the cell...

Heterochromatic regions at the ends of chromosomes that function to control how many times the cell will divide are called:

centromeres.
euchromatin.
telomeres.
satellites.
DNA hubs.

An individual has two homologs of chromosome 21 and both homologs came from the same parent. Which phenomenon caused this condition?

deletion
duplication
aneuploidy
polyploidy
uniparental disomy

Although natural selection works to decrease the frequency of deleterious alleles in a population's gene pool, deleterious recessive alleles often remain in the gene pool. What maintains deleterious recessive alleles in a population?

Ability to be hidden in heterozygotes
Migration
Nonrandom mating
Natural selection
Evolution

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What proteins are encoded in the SARS-CoV-2 genome? What is the general function of each?

  1. What proteins are encoded in the SARS-CoV-2 genome? What is the general function of each?

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Currently a lot of research is happening about the corona virus. What type of a laboratory...

Currently a lot of research is happening about the corona virus. What type of a laboratory should be used to conduct these investigations and why?

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What are mad cow disease and scrapie? Explain the cause and of these diseases and their...

What are mad cow disease and scrapie? Explain the cause and of these diseases and their importance to the meat industry?

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Compare between oxidase and catalase enzymes in microbial identification. Provide at least one example for each...

Compare between oxidase and catalase enzymes in microbial identification. Provide at least one example for each enzyme.

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Discuss the functions of teichoic, dipicolinic acids chitin in microorganisms.

Discuss the functions of teichoic, dipicolinic acids chitin in microorganisms.

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Question 180 KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer (choose all that apply): are oncogenic are inactivating mutations...

Question 180

KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancer (choose all that apply):

  1. are oncogenic
  2. are inactivating mutations
  3. typically prevent the hydrolysis of bound GTP
  4. are the first to appear during PDAC progression
  5. can lead to reduced HIFalpha expression

Question 191

Which of the following is an imaging test used to diagnose pancreatic cancer? Choose all that apply.

  1. CA19-9 antigen screening
  2. Whippel procedure
  3. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
  4. Computed Tomography scanning

Question 201

Immune cells can promote tumor cell proliferation via activation of:

  1. STAT3 pathways that promote angiogenesis
  2. NFKB pathways that promote expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)
  3. MAP Kinase pathways that promote cell proliferation
  4. All of the above.

Question 210

Which of the following immune cell types plays a role in establishing a pre-metasatic niche?

  1. TAM1 cells
  2. neutrophils
  3. Mac1+ cells
  4. Dendritic cells

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Describe the role of Shh in neural tube development

Describe the role of Shh in neural tube development

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Performing Monohybrid Crosses A monohybrid cross is addressing the inheritance of one gene. Answer the following...

Performing Monohybrid Crosses

A monohybrid cross is addressing the inheritance of one gene. Answer the following questions:

Question 1:

Drosophila melongaster, more commonly known as the fruit fly, can have red or white eyes. You breed a red-eyed fly to a white-eyed fly and get 50 offspring that all have red eyes. Which trait is dominant?

Question 2:

Consider an offspring from the previous question. Its phenotype is red eyes.

What is its genotype? (Circle one of the choices below)

Homozygous dominant, Heterozygous, or Homozygous recessive

Question 3: (2pts)

Next, you perform a cross of two heterozygous, red-eyed flies. They have 100 offspring. How many of these offspring do you predict will have red eyes? Show your work using a Punnett square. [Use letters R and r to designate the alleles]

Question 4:

Suppose you found a fly that had escaped and was flying around your lab. He has red    eyes, but you do not know his genotype. To find out, you cross him with a white eyed fly (since you know her genotype). The result is 50% white eyed and 50% red eyed offspring. What is the escaped fly’s genotype? Explain how you know.

X-linked Inheritance

Consider this imaginary animal, the tree rat. They are usually black, but sometimes they can be purple. The allele for the purple color is X-linked. You manage to capture two of these animals from the same family, a black female and her purple male offspring.

Question 5:

What is the genotype of the black female mother?

Question 6

Do you know the phenotype of the father based on the male offspring? Why or why not?

Question 7: (2pts)

Next you breed the tree rats to each other (inbreeding is acceptable in this case). What percent of the offspring do you expect to be purple? Are any of them female? Use a Punnett square to show your work. [Use the letters B (black) and b (purple) to represent the alleles.]

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