Chromosome & Genes

In chapter 12 of the AP Biology class, we got to cover chromosomes and genes in the human body. A chromosome contains hundreds to thousands of genes. Take up the quiz below on this chapter.

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A human male has ____ chromosomes with ____ sex chromosomes.

47, XY

48, XX

46, XX

46, XY

Marfan's disease in humans, with its numerous effects, is an example of ___.

Epistasis

Pleiotropy

Incomplete dominance

Dominance modification

What is the hereditary cause of type AB blood?

The lack of pigment production

The presence of two different codominant alleles

An extra chromosome 21

The environment interacting with the genotype

A classical example of multiple alleles is ____.

Height in garden peas

Coat color in rabbits

Pink flowers in heterozygous snapdragons

Albinism in humans and animals

A small number of recombinants will occur due to crossing over between linked genes on homologous chromosomes.

True

False

True or false: in humans and some other animals, there is a chromosomal basis of sex determination.

True

False

The behavior of chromosomes during meiosis can account for Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment.

False

True

The y chromosome has genes for many characters unrelated to sex, whereas the X chromosome mainly encodes genes related to sex determination.

True

False

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Chromosome & Genes
Questions: 8
Contributed by:
Steve