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During Meta phase
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
Chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell
Cancers
A couple has two female children. What is the probability that their next child will be male?
50%
The Correct phase of mitosis is
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase Or PMAT for short
An individual with naturally curly hair and an individual with straight hair mate; all of their offspring have wavy hair. What is the relationship between the alleles?
incomplete dominance
What is the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor?
cells of benign tumors do not metastasize; those of malignant tumors do
Red-green color blindness
x-linked recessive trait. Males must inherit from mother. Females must inherit from mother and father.
Hemophilia
X-linked, inherited from mother
Leukemia
condition of increasing white blood cells
lymphoma
malignant tumour of the lymph nodes
What are sarcomas?
Malignant tumor from mesenchymal tissue; test with histogenesis. Uncommon. Superficial tumors are more benign and deeper ones more malignant (and not noticed until a while after).
metastasis
spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another
cancer
the disease state associated with uncontrolled cellular growth- key features include rapid, uncontrolled proliferation and a loss of differentiation
Carcinogens
Agents that increase the likelihood of developing cancer.
teratogen
a substance that crosses the placenta and harms the fetus
____ is the failure of homologous chromosomes to separate and move to opposite poles during either meiosis 1 or meiosis 2
Non-disjunction
Non-disjunction
Their mothers
One of the risk factors for colon cancer is
High exposure to sunlight
Normal cells are programmed to die via a process called _______ where nuclear blebbing is observed
Apoptosis
In Mendels F2 generation of the purple and white flowers crossing the phenotypic dominant to recessive ratio was
3:1
Zn deficiency is often a major contributory factor in which of the which type of cancer
Esophageal
The following would be considered a risk for breast cancer
Mutation of the BRCA1 gene
Marfan syndrome is the result of inherting a single allele. Individuals with Marfan syndrome are tall and long-limbed and have both cardiovascular and eye defects. The inheritance of Marfan syndrome is an example of
pleiotropy
______ is a protein that regulates the cell cycle aids in DNA repair apoptosis and inhibitions of angiogenis
p53
during s-phase of the cell cycle, which of the following take place?
DNA is replicated chromosomal proteins are replicated
Ordinary cell division produces two daughter cells that are genetically identical. this type of cell division is import for all of the folliwing functions except
Production of sperm and eggs
Crossing over during prophase 1 results in
genetic recombination
A tumor that has spread to the bones, lungs, or lymph nodes far away from the breast is what stage of breast cancer?
Stage 4
In humans, the inheritance of ______ is best explained as being polygenic.
height/weight
Assuiming you have a new lump on your face, what would make you confident that it is not a form of skin cancer
swelling, itchy
In mitosis, if a parent cell has 46 chromosomes, each daughter cell will have how many chromosomes?
46
In which of the following does the onset of symptoms usually occur after child bearing age?
Huntingtons
Mitosis results in _____ nuclei, each with _______ genetic information.
Two; the same
A gentic disorder that produces a defect in the metabolism of an amino acid and a "musty odor" in infants
PKU (Phenylketonuria)
karyotype of someone with down syndrome
extra or Trisomy of the 21st chromosome
Which of the following statements about cancer is true
Tumors contain low numbers of oncogenes
Sometimes cancers are able to evade the immune system successfully by
Producing oncegenic (self protiens)
Producing oncegenic (self protiens)
3
what are the normal sex chromosomes in a human male
one x and one y chromosome
Homozygous
An individual that has 2 allleles that are the same.
Alleles are described as
Alternate versions of a gene
phenotype
The physical and physiological traits of an organism.
Genotype
The humans genetic make up
Incomplete Dominance
one dominant allele is not enough to get full trait expressed ex) flower color red-dominant allele white-recessive allele
Codominance
Both phenotype are expressed
Specialized multiprotein complex that assembles at the centromere of a chromatid and is the site of attachment of spindle microtubles during mitosis
kinetochore
To determine the phenotype of an individual who expresses a dominant trait, you would cross that individual with an individual who ______.
is homozygous recessive for that trait
If a cell has 46 chromosomes before meiosis, the new cells will have ____ chromosomes.
23
Attached earlobes are recessive to free earlobes. What is the probability of having a child with attached earlobes when an individual with attached earlobes mates with an individual heterozygous for free earlobes a.) 25% b.) 50% c.)75% d.) 100%
b.) 50%
Mendel crossed purebred purple-flowered plants with purebred white-flowered plants, and all of the resulting offspring produced purple flowers. The offspring are all ______, and the allele for purple flowers is ______.
heterozygotes... dominant
In colon cancer uncontrolled cell division of mutated cells leads to the formation of polyps
True
Protooncogenes
Operate in healthy cells
one gene has multiple effects on phenotype of organism
pleitropy
One difference between mitosis and meiosis is
mitosis produces cells genetically identical to the parents cell, while meiosis does not
Cancer cells have a tendency to grow in a disorganized manner often piling on top of each other and forming an irregular mass of tissue. this is due to a loss of
contact inhibition
Sex linked traits appear more often in males than females because
males only have one X chromosome
By analogy, a tumor suppressor gene would correspond to which part of an automobile
break
Klinefelts syndrome is caused by non-disjuntion resulting in a geneotype of
XXY
The trisomy with small jaw, low set ears, and clenched hands
Edward's (trisomy 18)

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