Question 1

What are pedigrees used for?

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to determine the pattern of inheritance for traits/disorders

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to predict offspring ratios

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to diagnose/see genetic disorders

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to map genes

Question 2

What does this shape represent in a pedigree?

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Female

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Male

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Children

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Marriage/Mating

Question 3

What does this shape represent on a pedigree?

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Male

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Marriage/Mating

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They have children

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Female

Question 4

What does this line represent on a pedigree?

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They are married

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Male

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They have children

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Female

Question 5

What does the vertical line represent on a pedigree?

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They have children

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Dad

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They are married

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Mom

Question 6

What is the relation of individual I1 to II1?

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Mother

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Daughter

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Brother

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Sister

Question 7

What are the sex chromosomes?

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XX, XY

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1 and 2

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21

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3

Question 8

What is the sex of this person?

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Girl

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Boy

Question 9

What is a key word when you think of incomplete dominance?

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Blending- neither one is in control (a red flower and a white flower would make a pink flower)

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Both traits are dominant (a red flower and a white flower would make a speckled flower.

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There are only red and white flowers

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What flowers?

Question 10

What do you think of when you think of co-dominance?

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Both traits are dominant (a red flower and a white flower would make a speckled flower.

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Blending- a red flower and a white flower would make a pink flower

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There are only red and white flowers

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What flowers?

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