Genetics Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 6
What term, first used by scientist Wilhelm Johannsen, refers to the units of heredity?
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gene
Which dominant gene-carrying chromosome do women have two of making colorblindness rare in them?
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x
What term, derived from Latin for 'change', describes the alteration in DNA that causes sickle cell anemia?
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mutation
What theory proposed by Hugo de Vries involves altered genes and came after the rediscovery of Mendel's laws of heredity?
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mutation
What have researchers linked to a cause of retinitis pigmentosa on the X chromosome?
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gene
What is the diploid number of chromosomes in humans?
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46
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