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All of Martha’s offspring must be sinistral:

Examine the following pedigree.   What is the most likely mode of inheritance for this disorder? Hint: look at the entire pedigree before making your decision.

The phase of meiosis when sister chromatids separate from each other:

Compared with an alcohol barometer, the column height for a mercury barometer would be __________

Compared to a bar of pure silver, the density of a pure silver ring is _______

You are mapping three recessive autosomal linked genes in Drosphila: claret eye, curly wings and fluted  wings. You cross a triple heterozygous female to a homozygous claret, curly, fluted male and count the 1000 offspring with these results. Phenotype observed number fluted 4 claret 173 curled 26 fluted, claret 24 fluted, curled 167 claret, curled 6 fluted, claret, curled 298 wild type 302 Based on the information above (claret, curly, fluted cross) – what is the coefficient of coincidence?

Use the dictionary below to answer Questions 12 and 13.

Snail shell coiling is an example of Maternal Effect. Dextral protein (D-) causes right (dextral) coiling of the shell and is dominant to the absence of dextral protein (dd) which causes left (sinistral) coiling.  Martha is a pet snail and she has a sinistral shell.  Answer Questions 6–10. Indicate which statements are true and which are false.

Value for χ2:   

When Danny Diver who weighs 500 N steps off a diving board 10 m above the water, he hits the water with kinetic energy of _____________