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Welcome to the QuizMoz Genetics Quiz IV. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

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Genetics Quiz IV tests your knowledge about patterns of inheritance and genetic disorders.
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1. In a genetic disorder that has autosomal recessive inheritance:
a.If both parents are homozygous, 100% of the children will be homozygous recessive
b.If both parents are homozygous, 75% of the children will be homozygous recessive
c.If both parents are heterozygous, 50% of the children will be heterozygous
d.If both parents are heterozygous, 25% of the children will be homozygous recessive
2. In a genetic disorder that has autosomal dominant inheritance, if one parent is heterozygous and one is homozygous recessive what are the chances that the offspring will show the genetic disorder?
a.25%
b.50%
c.75%
d.100%
3. Which of the following are examples of genetic disorders with autosomal dominant inheritance?
a.Huntington disorder (nervous system disorder)
b.Achondroplasia (limb development disorder)
c.Progeria (Aging disorder)
d.Galactosemia (lactose breakdown disorder)
4. From a pedigree, how would you guess that inheritance of a genetic disorder were X-linked recessive?
a.Males exhibit phenotype more often than females
b.Females exhibit phenotype more often than males
c.Son cannot inherit the recessive allele from father
d.Daughter cannot inherit the recessive allele from father
5. Which of the following would occur in an X-linked dominant inheritance disorder?
a.Son cannot inherit the dominant allele for the trait from father
b.Daughter cannot inherit the dominant allele for the trait from father
c.Homozygous recessive females exhibit trait
d.Heterozygous females exhibit trait
6. Even though humans are not good for linkage mapping through crosses, they are good for genetic studies through:
a.Molecular studies of genes
b.Family histories
c.Pedigrees
d.Genetic manipulation
7. A genetic disorder is not always a genetic disease.
a.True
b.False
8. Which of the following types of inheritance can result in human genetic disorders?
a.Autosomal recessive
b.Autosomal dominant
c.Sex-linked
d.Changes in chromosome structure or number
9. The terms “genetic abnormality” and “genetic disorder” mean the same thing and are interchangeable.
a.True
b.False
10. When a person is born with six toes, it is probably due to:
a.A mutation
b.A genetic disorder
c.A genetic abnormality
d.An uncommon version of that trait
11. Why is the exhibition of phenotypes due to genetic disorders uncommon in populations?
a.The harmful allele my be incompletely dominant and its effects masked
b.Many of the affected individuals die
c.The harmful allele is always dominant
d.The harmful allele can be recessive
12. Why don’t genetic disorders disappear from populations?
a.The genes for the traits can be carried by heterozygotes
b.The genes for the traits can be reintroduced through mutation
c.The genes for the traits can only be carried by homozygotes
d.The genes for any trait will always remain in a population
13. Which genetic disorder is sex-linked?
a.Hemophilia
b.Cystic Fibrosis
c.Down Syndrome
d.none of the above
Last improved on 12/10/2009 at 2:35:11 PM
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By: KELLLYYYY on Oct 18, 2009
  hard but thats okayy
By: Dee Dee on Oct 13, 2009
  Good preparation for my quiz today!
By: Bamfo Emmanuel Adutwum on Oct 7, 2009
  I love tricky and challenging questions like this one. Hey guys, got to sit up
By: Archimedes on Oct 7, 2009
  Brilliant quiz but very challenging though
By: domo on Aug 4, 2009
  aww man, this was kinda hard
By: reena on Jun 27, 2009
  ya its very challenging
By: Lulu on Jun 25, 2009
  hey loser
By: abby on Jun 18, 2009
  I have know idea if this was hard or easy:()
By: hi on May 27, 2009
  I am adding these questions to my own quiz for my bio students
By: km on May 18, 2009
  It was challenging, made me have to recall some information I learned some time ago.
By: Aidan Daniels on May 5, 2009
  Genetics are the backbone of the homosapian evironment.
By: marie on Mar 28, 2009
  Genetics is amazing. We can understand why we are unique individuals. There is more to learn about Genetics. As a nursing student, Genetics has made me understand the details of the genetic disorders that have encounteres in the hospitals.
By: fadzai on Nov 13, 2008
  it great!!!!
By: jesselou misal on Jul 23, 2008
  it's hard but fun?
  



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