Genetic Phenomena and Pleiotropy
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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)

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