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The healthcare professional educates a community group that chickenpox (varicella) may be followed years later by which disorder?

Using what we know about Mendel’s pea plant experiment where yellow pea seeds are dominant over green pea seeds and round pea seeds are dominant over wrinkle pea seeds. Cross a homozygous dominant for both traits with a heterozygous individual for both traits. What are the potential phenotypes for this cross? Show your work on your scrap sheet and upload it to the drop box after the exam. 

Out of the 3 people below, which person has AB+ blood type?

Red-green color blindness is an X-linked recessive trait in humans. Cross a heterozygous female and a color-blind male. Would it be possible for these individuals to have a color-blind daughter? Justify your answer.  Show work on your scrap paper and submit it after the exam to the Dropbox. 

During the cell cycle there are 3 check points (G1, G2, and M). Briefly describe what the cell is checking for at these check points.   

An individual who is heterozygous for Type A blood and an individual who has Type O blood wants to know the likelihood that they will have an offspring with Type O blood. Provide the genotypic and phenotypic ratios for the offspring of these parents. Show work on your scrap paper and submit it after the exam to the Dropbox.    

What is one thing you found the most interesting out of this unit that you can tell a friend? 

Why does the cell undergo mitosis? How many cells are produced at the end of cytokinesis of the cell cycle for mitosis? Would these cells be genetically identical or genetically different from each other?

Label the following phases and identify if they are animal or plant cells. 3 points total; Make sure to include numbers for example 1: and your answer.    What phase is represented in the picture below? Is it a plant or animal cell?   What phase is represented in the picture below? Is this an animal or plant cell? What phase is represented in the picture below? Is this an animal or plant cell?

How is binary fission in prokaryotes different to mitosis in eukaryotic cells?