Biology

A "marker" in a genetic sense usually represents a site along a chromosome where a specific ...

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What are QTLs and RFLPs?

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How would the use of a large series of monozygotic and dizygotic twins enhance studies on the ...

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Name two human traits that would be expected to have high concordance.

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As used in twin studies in mammals, distinguish between the terms concordant and discordant.

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Name two mammalian traits with relatively high heritability (h2) values and two with relatively low h2 values.

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What is the relationship between the narrow-sense heritability (h2) index and the impact of selection?

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Provide a brief definition of the terms additive variance, dominance variance, and interactive variance.

Started by jrubin

Interpret the meaning of an H2 (broad-sense heritability) value that approaches 1.0.

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We often refer to the host of genetic factors in the genome that have an influence on a particular ...

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Inbred strains with individuals of a relatively homogeneous or constant genetic background are often ...

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Huntington Disease is inherited in humans as an autosomal dominant gene. Affected individuals show ...

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To estimate how much the means of a variety of like samples drawn from the same population might ...

Started by cookcarl

Given the following numbers, calculate the mean: 10, 12, 14, 16, 18.

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What is the term given to a random subset of individuals who are selected for measurement in a ...

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Assume that in the F2 of a series of crosses, 1/64 of the offspring resemble one of the parents (P). ...

Started by colton

If the proportion of F2 individuals resembling either of the two most extreme parental phenotypes ...

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In the early part of the twentieth century, Nilsson-Ehle and others described experiments showing ...

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How many gene pairs are involved in generating a typical 1:4:6:4:1 ratio?

Started by khang

Assume that you are studying a trait determined by a number of polygenes. If there are seven ...

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Characteristics exhibited by continuously varying traits include ________.

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Quantitative inheritance involves the interaction of a number of gene loci. The pattern of genetic ...

Started by SAVANNAHHOOPER23

True or False: A homeobox gene is one that produces a group of repetitive base sequences such as a VNTR.

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True or False: In Drosophila, maternal-effect genes are influential in determining the ...

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True or False: Determination is the process whereby a cell's eventual developmental fate is set.

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