QUIZ # 4 --- GENETICS

1. Twins from one fertilized egg are called
        a) monozygotic twins
        b) dyzogitic twins
        c) identical twins
        d) fraternal twins
        e) both a and c
 

2. Explain what alleles are.
 
 
 

3. If both parents are CARRIERS for a recessive genetic defect, what is the probability that the baby they are expecting will have that defect?
        a) 25%
        b) 0%
        c) 50%
        d) 100%
 

4. The active substance of genes, which governs the heredity of all life is
    a) hormones
    b)enzymes
    c) DNA
    d) proteins

5. Bill's father and sister both have achondroplasia (dwarfism), a dominant genetic characteristic. Bill and his wife are both of normal height. All of their children will be normal height. Explain how we know this is true.
 

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