Week 8: Non-Mendelian Inheritance Answers

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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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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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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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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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Which was not a result of the 1898 discovery of the four blood types and advances made during the two World Wars?

A
improved blood transfusion safety
B
effective blood preservation solutions developed
C
ability to separate different parts of blood for different uses
D
all blood types were made universally compatible
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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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