MBG 2040 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Edwards Syndrome, Dna Replication, Down Syndrome

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25 Apr 2016

School

University of Guelph

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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Course

MBG 2040

Professor

James Uniacke

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9:7 = complementation (multiple genes, when homo rec. , produce the same pheno. Individuals complement each other by being homo rec. on different genes so they produce the wildtype) 9:3:4 = recessive epistasis (homo rec. masks other gene aa/b- = aa/bb) 12:3:1 = dominant epistatis (dom. allele at one gene masks other a-/b- = a-/bb) If a trait/phenotype is rare and autosomal recessive then a person who marries into the family, unless there is reason to believe otherwise, is considered to be homozygous dominant. If a trait/phenotype is rare and autosomal dominant then a person who marries into the family, unless there is reason to believe otherwise, is considered to be heterozygous. Null alleles = non-functional or absence of protein. Hypomorphic alleles = poorly functioning protein or less amount produced of normal protein. Dominant hypermorphic alleles = negative phenotypic impact due to excess amount or over-active normal protein.

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Q.In the non-9:3:3:1 ratio dihybrid cross below, there are 3 classes of phenotypes: white, pink, red which of the following is NOT true?

9 A_B_ white

3 A_bb pink

3 aaB_ red

1 aabb red

a.) phenotype is dependent on the genotype of gene B

b.) This is an example of recessive episasis

c.) aa is epistatic to B_, and bb

d.) phenotype is dependent on the genotype of gene A

Q,When choosing a selectable marker, you...

a.) choose a enhancer for your gene of interest

b.) choose a rescue gene to save your gene of interest

c.) choose a resistant gene that will allow for colony screening

d.) choose a gene that encodes for DNA replication

Q.The following steps detail an experiment resulting in transgenic mice with a knockout gene for fur color. Recall that agouti (brown) mice are A/A;M/M and black fur coats are a/a;M/M . List the steps in their correct chronological order.

1.Inject transformed agouti embryotic cells into an a/a;M/M embryo to produce A/A;M/m and a/a;M/M altered embryo

2.Self-cross hemizygous mice to produce homozygous transgenic mice (A/-;M/m)

3.Create a a targeting vector containing tk+ for ganciclovir sensitivity, neoR for neomycin resistance, and the gene encoding fur color.

4.Observe mice with chimeric phenotype and cross them with black a/a;M/M mice to produce transgenic hemizygous progeny (A/a;M/m)

5.Isolate all transformed embryonic stem cells that show homologous recombination and inject them into a embryonic stem cells of an agouti mouse.

a.) 3,5,4,1,2

b.) 1,5,3,4,2

c.) 3,5,1,4,2

d.) 5,3,2,4,2

If dog 1 has is black with alleles (A_B_) , and dog 2 is brown with (aaB_), and dog 3 is yellow with (_ _bb) alleles, what kind of epistasis is this and what color would dog 4 be if he was (AAbb).

1. Recessive epistasis, Yellow

2. Recessive epistasis, Black

3. Dominant epistasis, Yellow

4. Dominant epistasis, Black

A gene interaction in which pair of recessive genes at one locus prevents expression of dominant allele at another locus called

a. incomplete dominance

b. epistatis

c. complete dominance

d. polygenic inheritance

___1. Nationally, the most common cause of Down Syndrome is
a. nondisjunction of Chromosome 21 during meiosis
b. translocation of Chromosome 21 onto another chromosome
c. inversion of a large section of Chromosome 21
d. deletion of the Down Syndrome gene
___2. In humans, sex is determined by
a. The presence or absence of the Y chromosome
b. The ratio of X chromosomes to sets of autosomes
c. The temperature during fetal development
d. Which parent is stronger at the time of conception
___3. A translocation is
a. a chromosomal abnormality in which a piece of one chromosome breaks off and attaches to a different chromosome
b. an abnormality in which the chromosomes are translocated out of the nucleus
c. a condition in which the chromosome has broken in two places and come back together with the middle segment backward
d. an abnormality in which there is an extra copy of one chromosome
___ 4. In snapdragons, a red-flowered plant crossed with a white-flowered plant produces all pink-flowered offspring. But crossing two pink-flowered plants produces red, pink, and white in a 1:2:1 ratio. This is a good example of
a. Incomplete dominance
b. Dominance of the red allele over the white allele
c. Lethal effects of the pink allele
d. Sex-linkage of the flower-color alleles
___ 5. If a person with type AB blood marries a person with Type O blood, what blood types are possible in their children? (Assume this trait is a single-gene trait, not complicated by interaction with other genes).
a. A, B, AB, or O
b. A or B only
c. AB or O only
d. AB only 2
___6. In what phase of meiosis are haploid nuclei first formed? a. Anaphase I b. Metaphase II c. Telophase II d. Metaphase I e. Telophase I
___7. What is the phenotype of a heterozygous tall pea plant? a. tall b. Tt c. TT d. tt e. dominant
___ 8. If genes A and B are far apart on a chromosome, and A and C are close together, which of the following observations is expected?
a. Crossing over will occur more often between A and C than between A and B
b. Crossing over will occur at equal frequencies between A and C, and between A and B
c. Crossing over will occur more often between A and B than between A and C
___9. Sometimes an organismâs genotype for one gene masks the effect of a different gene. This phenomenon is called
a. Dominance
b. Incomplete dominance
c. Co-dominance
d. Epistasis
e. Variable expressivity
___10. The dominant allele of a gene is
a. The one that is expressed most often in a population
b. The one that is expressed most often in any particular cross
c. The one that is expressed in an individual that has two different alleles
d. The one that is most healthy to have, that gives the greatest fitness
___11. In human cells, DNA replication occurs
a. In S phase of interphase
b. In G1 phase of interphase
c. In G2 phase of interphase
d. In prophase of mitosis
e. Whenever the cell needs to read the DNA to make proteins
___ 12. A process in which recipient cells take up genes from DNA molecules floating free in the surrounding medium is called
a. conjugation
b. specialized transduction
c. generalized transduction
d. transformation 3
___ 13. Most calico cats are female. However, a few rare males are observed. What is the genotype of a male calico cat?
a. X BX 0
b. X OY
c. X BY
d. X BYY
e. X BX OY
___ 14. A type of red-green color-blindness is a sex-linked (X-linked) recessive trait in humans. Can a woman have this type of color-blindness?
a. Yes, a woman could be color-blind if her mother and father were both heterozygous.
b. Yes, a woman could be color-blind but only if she has an abnormal number of sex chromosomes.
c. No, women can't show sex-linked traits because they lack a Y chromosome.
d. No, women can't show sex-linked traits because they have two X chromosomes.
e. Yes, a woman could be color-blind if her father was color-blind and her mother was a carrier (heterozygous).

1. If an individual has a genotype of Bb, what types of gametes (sperm/egg) could they produce?
A) B
B) b
C) B or b
D) Bb, BB, bb
E) Bb

2. Which of the following statements is true about phenotypic plasticity, i.e., phenotype variation that is the result of genotype by environment interactions?
A. Phenotypic plasticity is only favored when the parental environment is a good predictor of the offspring environment
B. Since the trait expression of a genotype varies across environments, it cannot respond to selection
C. A variable environment is required for phenotypic plasticity to be selected for
D. A single trait can only ever be plastic or non-plastic within a species
E. Phenotypic plasticity can only occur within a single generation, never across generations

3. With large numbers of genes contributing to variation for a phenotypic trait (e.g. height in humans), the population approaches what kind of distribution for that trait?
A. Mendelian
B. Exponential
C. Binomial
D. Normal
E. Continuous

4. A classic example of phenotypic plasticity is caste determination in social insects. Whether a female ant becomes a worker, soldier, or queen is determined by the food she is fed. Would you say this this an example of G, E, or GxE?

5. In an infinite population, the frequency of the A allele is 0.3 and the frequency of the a allele is 0.7. What is the frequency of heterozygotes?
A. .10
B. .21
C. .30
D. .42
E. .70

6. Blue eyes are a recessive trait caused by an autosomal allele. If there are 180 people with blue eyes in a population of 500 people, what is the frequency of the brown-eye allele? (Assume HWE)
A. .36
B. .40
C. .50
D. .60
E. .64

7. Imagine flower color in diploid roses is determined by a single gene with two alleles, white and red, which are co-dominant so that heterozygotes are pink. Frank is colorblind and can only discriminate between white and colored roses, and knows that his population has 18 white roses and 182 non-white roses. How many of Frankâs roses are pink? (Assume HWE.)
A. 18
B. 21
C. 42
D. 84
âE. 100

8. Imagine flower color in diploid roses is determined by a single gene with two alleles, white and red, which are co-dominant. If Eva's population has 250 white roses, 500 pink roses, and 250 red roses, what is true about this population?

A. It is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
B. It is under balancing selection
C. It is connected to another population by migration
D. It is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
ââE. White is a recessive lethal

9. 9% of a population is unable to taste the compound PTC, which is a recessive trait. Assuming HWE, if two carriers of the non-tasting allele had a baby what is the probability that it would be unable to taste PTC?
A. 0.09
B. 0.25
C. 0.30
D. 0.50
E. 0.70

10. (Adapted from: Christensen, A. C. (2000). Cats as an aid to teaching genetics. Genetics, 155(3), 999-1004.) ss cats have no white fur, Ss cats generally have <50% white fur, and SS cats generally have >50% white fur (cats who are 100% white are scored as dominant white and can't be scored for piebald spotting). The S allele is incompletely dominant, but variably expressed, so there is a more-or-less continuous gradient of white pigmentation in populations. You and your friends score all non-white cats up for adoption: http://www.adoptapet.com/cat-adoption/search/50/miles/48824 and find there are 160 with >50% white fur, 350 with <50% white fur, and 490 with no white fur. Which of the following statements is definitely true:

A. The population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
B. The population is not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
C. There is selection acting on the population
D. It is impossible to know if the population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
E. Fur color is not a heritable trait and therefore cannot evolve

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