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Hole's Human Anatomy & Physiology, 9/e

David Shier, Washtenaw Community College
Ricki Lewis, The University at Albany
Jackie Butler, Grayson County Community College

Genetics

True/False Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	All person's with Down's syndrome display profound mental retardation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The genes of an individual will always be different from those of the parents.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Theoretically, only 23 chromosomes are required to produce a normal human individual.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	All humans have two sets of identical homologous chromosomes.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	It is impossible to have a genotype for a trait and not have its phenotype.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Brown-eyed parents could not have a blue eyed child.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	A person with blood type A will be completely genetically compatible with a transfusion from a donor with type A.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	If a child contains a gene that is not found in either parent, then one of them is not the biological parent.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Traits such as skin pigmentation are totally governed by inheritance.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Gene therapy has not been completley successful at this time.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	All forms of gene therapy changes cannot be inherited.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Fetal stem cells have no value over mature bone marrow in gene therapy research.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	A younger women has a higher risk of a Down's conception than one who is older.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	Chorionic villus sampling is less invasive than amniocentesis.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	Gene therapy using the liver can be used to prevent heart disease.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	Viruses are the usual causes of brain tumors such as gliomas.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	The phenomenon of incomplete dominance will result in the meiosis of cells with two forms of a particular gene.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	Males always determine the sex of a fetus?
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	A male with color blindness cannot have a daughter who is color blind because it is X-linked recessive.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	It is possible for human cells to have more than 46 chromosomes.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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