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In a mating between two individuals that are heterozygous for a recessive lethal allele that is expressed in utero, what genotypic ratio (homozygous dominant:heterozygous:homozygous recessive) would you expect to observe in the offspring? [Hint: lethal = not born]

Mendel performed hybridizations by transferring pollen from the _______of the male plant to the female ova.

Attachment of the mitotic spindle fibers to the kinetochores is a characteristic of which stage ofmitosis?

Histamine binds to the H1 G-protein-linked receptor to initiate the itchiness and airway constriction associated with an allergic response. If a mutation in the associated G-protein’s alpha subunit prevented the hydrolysis of GTP how would the allergic response change?

If a muscle cell of a typical organism has 32 chromosomes, how many chromosomes will be in agamete of that same organism?

Human papillomavirus can cause cervical cancer. The virus encodes E6, a protein that binds p53. Based on this fact and what you know about p53, what effect do you think E6 binding has on p53 activity?

A scientist observes a mutation in the transmembrane region of EGFR that eliminates its ability to be stabilized by binding interactions during dimerization after ligand binding. Which hypothesis regarding the effect of this mutation on EGF signaling is most likely to be correct?

What is Mitosis? (Bonus: 1 point)

Which of the following statements about quorum sensing is false?

An organism’s traits are determined by the specific combination of inherited _____.