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What is an example of pleiotropy?
What is an example of pleiotropy?
- The color of the seed coat and the color of the axils correlated with two other features
- A human genetic disorder called Marfan syndrome caused by a mutation in one gene, affecting many aspects of growth and development (correct)
- A cross between two heterozygous yellow mice producing yellow and brown mice in a ratio of 2:1
- Mendel’s experiments with purple-flowered and white-flowered plants
What is an example of lethality in organisms?
What is an example of lethality in organisms?
- Mendel’s experiments with purple-flowered and white-flowered plants
- A particular genotype making an organism unable to survive (correct)
- The color of the seed coat and the color of the axils correlated with two other features
- A cross between two heterozygous yellow mice producing yellow and brown mice in a ratio of 2:1
What were the predictions regarding genes that Mendel’s experiments might have led to?
What were the predictions regarding genes that Mendel’s experiments might have led to?
- The color of the seed coat and the color of the axils correlated with two other features
- A human genetic disorder called Marfan syndrome caused by a mutation in one gene, affecting many aspects of growth and development
- A cross between two heterozygous yellow mice producing yellow and brown mice in a ratio of 2:1
- All genes control a single characteristic and affect some harmless aspect of an organism’s appearance (correct)
