Bio 156 Rio Exam 2 - Questions & Solutions

When a virus takes over the machinery of a cell, it forces the cell to manufacture {Ans: more viral particles.}In a pedigree chart, which is correct? {Ans: A line between a circle and a square represents a mating.}When you trace the occurrence of a specific characteristic through your past ancestry, you are constructing a family ______________. {Ans: pedigree}In the gene arrangement ABCDEFG breaks and a segment repositions itself so that the segment now reads ABEDCFG, what specific kind of mutation has occurred? {Ans: Inversion}Solve this monohybrid genetics problem: Black hair is governed by the dominant gene (B) and blond hair is determined by the recessive gene (b). In this monohybrid cross, if both parents are heterozygous, what percentage of the offspring would be expected to have blond hair? {Ans: 25%}Which sequence of stages in mitosis is correct? {Ans: prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase}