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 An individual with the chromosomal description 45, X would be a _____.     

Mutations that cause loss of a chromosome would be termed:  

Fragile X syndrome is a genetic condition that causes a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment. Usually, males are more severely affected by this disorder than females because:  

A ________________ cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for a single character, whereas a ______________cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for two characters.

A human kidney cell will have ___________ pairs of autosomes and __________ pair of sex chromosomes.

A _________ mutation can originate during meiosis while a _________ mutation can originate during mitosis.  

The codons for asparagine are _____ and ______.

Phenotype refers to an organism’s:  

The ratio of the flower colors Mendel obtained in the F2 generation is 9:3: 3: 1

A person’s hands are exposed to sunrays every day and gradually it leads to the accumulation of mutations in its skin cells. This, in turn, leads to skin cancer in that area. Determine if these mutations will be passed on to the offspring. Give specific reason for your answer and also state the type of mutations that can be inherited and the ones that cannot be inherited.