Non-Mendelian Inheritance Answers

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Which inheritance pattern results when parents with pure traits are crossed and the resulting offspring have traits that appear to be a blend of the parents' traits?

A
incomplete dominance
B
codominance
C
Mendelian inheritance
D
polygenic inheritance
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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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Which represents polygenic inheritance of traits?

A
a cow that has red and white dominant coloring
B
a mix of blue, green, and brown eye colors
C
a plant that has pink flowers produced from a plant that has red flowers and a plant that has white flowers
D
a plant that has green seeds produced from a plant that has yellow seeds and a plant that has green seeds
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If you inherit the genotype AO for blood from your parents, what blood type do you have?

A
A
B
B
C
AB
D
O
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Pietro has two dogs that are related, and he wants to understand why one of the dogs has tan fur and the other has brown fur. Which pattern of inheritance would explain the different fur color in the related dogs?

A
polygenic inheritance
B
codominance
C
incomplete dominance
D
quantitative 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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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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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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A purebred purple flowering plant is crossed with a purebred white flowering plant, and they produce offspring that have purple flowers. Which is the trait for purple flowers?

A
dominant
B
recessive
C
codominant
D
blended

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