Unit 3: Genetics Animations   Study Guide

Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance Review
  1. Mendel's laws of segregation and independent assortment can be explained by the theory of inheritance and production of gametes by .
     
     
     
     
  2. Thomas Hunt Morgan's experiments with fruit flies ( ) showed that the eye-color is sex-linked and located on the chromosome.
     
     
     
     
  3. In humans and other mammals, the sex chromosomes and determine an organism's gender.
     
     
     
     
  4. -linked disorders exhibit peculiar inheritance patterns.
     
     
     
     
    Sex-Linked Genes activity
     
     
     
     
  5. occurs when homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids do not separate normally in meiosis.
     
     
     
     
  6. A female heterozygous for an X-resident gene may show phenotype, due to X inactivation.
     
     
     
     
  7. Chromosome damage includes , , , and . 
     
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
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