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A mutation occurs to a coding region of an exon changing the DNA sequence from CGG to CGA. Will there be a change in the protein once expressed, and if so what is that change?

A nucleosome is _____.

If you wanted to prepare a karyotype of some organism, in what phase of cell division would it be easiest to see the chromosomes?

The modern term for Mendel’s “unit factors” is __________________________. 

Directions: Answer questions A-D below. Use letters A-D to indicate which part of the question you are answering. Two organisms, AABBCCDDEE and aabbccddee, are mated to produce an F1 that is self-fertilized. If the capital letters represent dominant, independently assorting alleles: A. How many different genotypes will occur in the F2? _________ B. What proportion of the F2 genotypes will be recessive for all five loci? ______   C. Would you change your answers to part (a) and or part (b) if the initial cross occurred between AAbbCCddee x aaBBccDDEE parents?   D. Would you change your answers to part (a) and/or part (b) if the initial cross occurred between AABBCCDDEE x aabbccddEE parents?    

A nucleosome is

An organism that has a diploid number of 10. Not including crossing-over, what is the probability that an ovum will contain only chromosomes of maternal origin (maternal chromosomes only, no paternal)? ________

A piece of DNA that can accept foreign DNA, such as a plasmid, is called a _______.

How many different types of gametes can be produced by an individual with the genotype AABbCCddEeFf?

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