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The allele for curly hair is incompletely dominant. If a mother is homozygous for curly hair and the father is homozygous for straight hair, what percentage of the offspring will exhibit characteristics of both parents?

A
25 percent
B
50 percent
C
75 percent
D
100 percent
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John and Pat are identical twins with identical DNA. John works in a movie theater, and Pat works as a lifeguard. They have very different skin pigmentation. Which is the best explanation of the difference?

A
Skin color, a polygenic trait, is also determined by environmental factors.
B
Skin color, a polygenic trait, is also determined by the sex of the individual.
C
Skin color, a trait that demonstrates incomplete dominance, is also determined by environmental factors.
D
Skin color, a trait that demonstrates incomplete dominance, is also determined by the sex of the individual.
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Which statement best describes human eye color?

A
an incompletely dominant trait that follows non-Mendelian inheritance patterns
B
a polygenic trait that follows non-Mendelian inheritance patterns
C
an incompletely dominant trait that follows Mendelian inheritance patterns
D
a polygenic trait that follows Mendelian inheritance patterns
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If a red cow (homozygous dominant) is crossed with a white cow (homozygous dominant), what alleles will the offspring have?

A
Rw
B
RW
C
rW
D
rw
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If blood is in short supply, which blood type would be the most beneficial to have on hand if someone needed a blood transfusion?

A
O+
B
O–
C
AB+
D
AB–
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Which type of traits vary quantitatively due to the interaction of multiple genes?

A
polygenic
B
codominant
C
incomplete dominant
D
dominant
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The graph demonstrates the quantitative variation for skin pigmentation.Which conclusion is supported by the graph?

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A
More than half of the population has the central skin pigmentation.
B
The lightest and the darkest skin pigmentations are equally common in the population.
C
The central skin pigmentation makes up more of the population than the rest of the skin pigmentation groups combined.
D
Fewer people have skin pigmentation lighter than the central peak than people who have pigmentation darker than the central peak.
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Skin color, fur color, and height are examples of which inheritance pattern?

A
Mendelian inheritance
B
incomplete dominance
C
codominance
D
polygenic inheritance
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Why is it important to know a person's rhesus factor before a blood transfusion?

A
A patient who is Rh+ can receive only Rh– blood.
B
A patient who is Rh– can receive only Rh+ blood.
C
A patient who is Rh+ can receive only Rh+ blood.
D
A patient who is Rh– can receive only Rh– blood.
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How did the discovery of the rhesus factor affect society?

A
More patients died from having a transfusion with the wrong rhesus factor.
B
New treatments during pregnancy could prevent harm to the developing child.
C
Less donated blood could be used in the treatment of patients.
D
The number of blood types was reduced by half.

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