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1

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

A recessive allele must be received by both parents to bring about a recessive phenotype.
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.
A)True
B)False
4

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sickle-cell disease is controlled by incompletely dominant alleles.
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.
A)True
B)False
12

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

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

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







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