Understanding Autosomal and Sex-Linked Inheritance

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AP Biology › Understanding Autosomal and Sex-Linked Inheritance

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Which of the following statements about X-linked traits is true?

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Colorblindness is a recessive X-linked disorder. A genotypically normal man and a colorblind woman have two sons and one daughter. What is the probability that one son is colorblind and the other two children are phenotypically normal?

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When two human haploid cells fuse together the resulting cell will have how many chromosomes?

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A human haploid cell will have how many chromosomes?

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Fertilization results in __________.

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A man has a copy of an X-linked dominant trait. Is it possible for his son to also possess the trait?

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Genes that are on the same chromosome are called __________.

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In flies, red eyes is a wildtype trait with the allele . This gene is found on the X-chromosome.

A wild type parent and a white-eyed parent are crossed. 50% of daughters have white eyes and 50% of sons have white eyes.

What are the genotypes of the parents?

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Red-green colorblindness is an X-linked recessive disorder. Which of the following scenarios is not a possible method by which this disorder can be inherited?

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If an autosomal trait skips a generation, it ___________; however, if an autosomal trait does not skip a generation, it ___________.

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