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Human Biology, 7/e
Dr. Sylvia S. Mader

Genes and Medical Genetics

True/False

Please answer all questions



1

The physical appearance of the individual is called the phenotype. (p. 404)
A)True
B)False
2

A recessive allele must be received by both parents to bring about a recessive phenotype. (p. 404)
A)True
B)False
3

Each child has a 50% chance of having a recessive phenotype if one parent is heterozygous and the other is pure recessive. (p. 406)
A)True
B)False
4

Tay-Sachs disease is of high incidence among Jewish people in the United States. (p. 407)
A)True
B)False
5

Individuals with PKU lack an enzyme for the metabolism of phenylalanine. (p. 407)
A)True
B)False
6

Individuals with PKU must be on a diet throughout their lives. (p. 407)
A)True
B)False
7

For genetic diseases, dominant and recessive alleles have different patterns of inheritance as demonstrated by pedigree charts. (p. 409)
A)True
B)False
8

When two people with medium-brown skin reproduce with one another, the children will all have medium-brown skin. (p. 411)
A)True
B)False
9

The Rh factor is inherited jointly with A, B, AB, or O blood types. (p. 412)
A)True
B)False
10

Sickle-cell disease is controlled by incompletely dominant alleles. (p. 413)
A)True
B)False
11

In Africa, where malaria occurs, infants with sickle-cell trait have a better chance of survival than the normal homozygote. (p. 413)
A)True
B)False
12

Regarding x-linked recessive genetic conditions, both males and females are affected with equal frequency. (p. 414)
A)True
B)False
13

Color-blind females are rare because they must receive the allele from both parents. (p. 414)
A)True
B)False
14

The lack of a protein called dystrophin causes the most common form of muscular dystrophy. (p. 415)
A)True
B)False