Final Exam Latest Questions And Answers Study Guide All Chapter1-Chpapter 23

How can it be determined if a rooster carries good genes for egg production? {Ans: by looking at the mother, sisters, and daughters for superior genes}What F generation is the fullblood beefalo created? {Ans: F3}On a punnet square, which sex is the vertical line? {Ans: female}What is xenotransplantation? {Ans: using animals to grow more human-like transplant organs}One cell contains 40 chromosomes: How many chromosomes are present in each daughter cell after meiosis? {Ans: 20}What agronomic crop has the highest percentage of genetically engineered plants in production? {Ans: soybeans}What is 1N called? {Ans: haploid}What are deleterious genes and list one example {Ans: alleles whose phenotype results in significantly reduced fitness of an animal; Dexter cattle - short legs}Selfing {Ans: crossing one generation to itself}Explain the role of ligase in the replication of a new DNA strand. {Ans: After the new strand is made, ligase comes along and "cements" the bond}How can genetic linkages be broken? {Ans: crossing over}List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel studied: Seed color {Ans: yellow, green}Cattle with more than 3/8 bison are called? {Ans: Bison hybrid}If a chromosome