Biology: The Dynamics of Life, California Edition

Section 3: Complex Inheritance of Human Traits

Complex Inheritance of Human Traits

1.
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What can you determine by studying this karyotype?
A)Some of the chromosomes are curved, so this person has sickle-cell disease.
B)The person is a male with hemophilia.
C)The person is a female with Turner syndrome.
D)The person is a male with Down syndrome.
2.
A child is born to a mother with blood type IAIB and a father with blood typeIBi. Which of the following blood types is impossible for the child to have?
A)B
B)AB
C)A
D)O
3.
Which of these is a symptom of hemophilia?
A)some degree of mental retardation
B)inability to differentiate between shades of red and green
C)tissue damage from blocked blood flow
D)cuts that take a long time to stop bleeding
4.
Which of the following is NOT true?
A)Males inherit the allele for hemophilia on the Y chromosome from their mother, if she is a carrier.
B)Queen Victoria of England was a carrier of the sex-linked trait for hemophilia.
C)Sickle-cell disease causes abnormal red blood cells, shaped like sickles, to block small blood vessels.
D)A karyotype is a chart of chromosome pairs generated on a computer.
5.
Which of these could be the blood type of a child with a father of blood type IAIA and a mother of blood type IAIA?
A)AB
B)B
C)A
D)O
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