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1. Which of the following is NOT true of sexual reproduction?
A. An early evolutionary innovation
B. Form a single, unique diploid (2n) cell
C. The fusion of a haploid cell from each parent
D. The only mode of reproduction in many animals
E. All of the above are true
2. In multicellular organisms, the new diploid cell will undergo __________________ to develop
into an adult organism.
A. Binary fission
B. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
D. Mitotic cell divisions
E. All of the above
3. _________________ leads to the haploid cells that are part of the sexual reproductive cycle.
A. Binary fission
B. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
D. Mitotic cell divisions
E. All of the above
4. Meiosis and ____________ introduces variation into offspring that may account for the
evolutionary success of sexual reproduction.
A. Binary fission
B. Fertilization
C. Mitosis
D. Mitotic cell divisions
E. All of the above
5. The vast majority of prokaryotic organisms employ meiosis and fertilization to reproduce.
A. True
B. False
6. Which of the following is NOT true of asexual reproduction?
A. Asexual populations only have female individuals
B. Can produce offspring by asexual budding, fragmentation, or asexual eggs
C. Does not require another organism of the opposite sex
D. In theory, the sexual population would have the advantage
E. No need to expend energy finding or attracting a mate
7. Most eukaryotes reproduce sexually.
A. True
B. False
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8. What is the only source of variation in asexual organisms?
A. Fertilization
B. Mutation
C. Recombination
D. Reproduction
E. None of the above
9. What is a likely evolutionary advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?
A. Less chance of using up the resources in a given environment
B. Sexual reproduction involves fewer steps
C. Sexual reproduction is more cost-effective
D. Sexual reproduction is more energy-effective
E. Sexual reproduction results in greater variation in the offspring
10. The process of meiosis reduces the resulting gamete’s chromosome number by half.
A. True
B. False
11. Which of the following restores the diploid condition in a sexual life cycle?
A. Binary fission
B. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
D. Mitotic cell divisions
E. All of the above
12. Which of the following life cycle does human have?
A. Alternation of generations
B. An asexual life cycle
C. Diploid-dominant
D. Haploid-dominant
E. All of the above
13. Which of the following life cycle do all fungi have?
A. Alternation of generations
B. An asexual life cycle
C. Diploid-dominant
D. Haploid-dominant
E. All of the above
14. Which type of life cycle has both a haploid and diploid multicellular stage?
A. Alternation of generations
B. An asexual life cycle
C. Diploid-dominant
D. Haploid-dominant
E. All of the above
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15. Which of the following is NOT true of sexually reproducing organisms?
A. Nearly all animals are diploid-dominant
B. The gametes are produced from diploid germ cells
C. The only haploid cells produced by the organism are the gametes
D. There is multicellular haploid life stage
E. All of the above are true
16. Which of the following is NOT true of fertilization?
A. Occurs with the fusion of two gametes
B. Required for sexual reproduction
C. Restores the diploid state
D. Two gametes are usually from different individuals
E. All of the above are true
17. Cells containing two sets of chromosomes are called diploid.
A. True
B. False
18.
____________
reduces the number of chromosome sets.
A. Binary fission
B. Fertilization
C. Meiosis
D. Mitosis
E. All of the above
19. Most animals and plants are diploid.
A. True
B. False
20. Which of the following is NOT true of homologous chromosomes?
A. Two copies of each chromosome
B. Matched pairs containing genes for the same traits in identical locations along their length
C. Found in somatic cells
D. Diploid organisms inherit one copy of each homologous chromosome from each parent
E. All of the above are true
21. Which of the following is NOT true of meiosis?
A. Employs many of the same mechanisms as mitosis
B. Forms haploid cells
C. The nuclear division
D. The starting nucleus is always diploid
E. All of the above are true
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22. Meiosis consists of one round of chromosome duplication and two rounds of nuclear
division.
A. True
B. False
23. Which of the following is NOT true of meiosis I?
A. Create unique recombinant chromosomes
B. Reduces the number of chromosome sets from two to one
C. The division takes place in a way that is similar to mitosis
D. The genetic information is mixed during this division
E. All of the above are true
24. Which of the following is NOT true of interphase?
A. Consists of the G1, S, and G2 phases
B. Followed by meiosis
C. The DNA of the chromosomes is replicated
D. The G1 phase is the first phase of interphase
E. All of the above are true
25. In the S phase, each chromosome becomes composed of two identical copies, called
____________________.
A. Homologous chromosomes
B. Sister chromatids
C. Sister DNA
D. Synapsis
E. Tetrads
26. In the prophase I, the tight pairing of the homologous chromosomes is called
____________________.
A. Homologous chromosomes
B. Sister chromatids
C. Sister DNA
D. Synapsis
E. Tetrads
27. Which of the following is NOT true of prophase I?
A. An exchange of chromosome segments between non-sister homologous chromatids occurs
B. The first phase of meiosis I
C. The chromosomes can be seen clearly microscopically
D. The nuclear envelope begins to break down
E. All of the above are true
28. The crossover events are the first source of genetic variation produced by meiosis.
A. True
B. False
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29. Which of the following is NOT true of the crossover events in the meiosis I?
A. A source of genetic variation
B. Happens in the prophase I
C. Leads to a reciprocal exchange of equivalent DNA between a maternal chromosome and a
paternal chromosome
D. Occurs between homologous sister chromatids
E. All of the above are true
30. Independent assortment is the physical basis for the generation of the second form of
genetic variation in offspring, which occurs during ________________.
A. Anaphase I
B. Metaphase I
C. Prometaphase I
D. Prophase I
E. Telophase I
31. It is highly unlikely that any two haploid cells resulting from meiosis will have the same
genetic composition.
A. True
B. False
32. The chiasma connections are broken in which of the following phases?
A. Anaphase I
B. Metaphase I
C. Prometaphase I
D. Prophase I
E. Telophase I
33. After meiosis I, there is only one full set of the chromosomes is present at each pole, even
though there are duplicate copies of the set.
A. True
B. False
34. In meiosis II, the connected sister chromatids remaining in the haploid cells from meiosis I
will be split to form _____ haploid cells.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 8
35. Chromosomes are duplicated during interkinesis before meiosis II.
A. True
B. False
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36. Meiosis II resembles the mitotic division of a haploid cell.
A. True
B. False
37. Which of the following is NOT true of meiosis II?
A. New spindles are formed in prophase II
B. The nuclear envelopes are completely broken down in prometaphase II
C. The sister chromatids are aligned at the center of the cell in metaphase II
D. The sister chromatids are pulled apart and move toward opposite poles in anaphase II
E. The sister chromatids are maximally condensed in telophase II
38. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Mitosis is a single nuclear division that results in 2 nuclei
B. The nuclei resulting from a mitotic division are genetically identical to the original
C. Meiosis is 2 nuclear divisions that result in 4 nuclei
D. The nuclei resulting from meiosis are never genetically identical
E. All of the above are true
39. Which of the following is NOT caused by aneuploidies?
A. Cri-du-chat syndrome
B. Down syndrome
C. Jacobs syndrome
D. Klinefelter syndrome
E. Turner syndrome
40. Polyploid plants tend to be larger and more robust than euploids of their species.
A. True
B. False
Review Test – Chapter 8
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1. Which of the following is NOT true of genes?
A. Carried on chromosomes
B. Have the ability to be replicated
C. Have the ability to be mutated
D. The basic functional units of heredity
E. All of the above are true
2. All genes are transmitted from parents to offspring according to Mendelian genetics.
A. True
B. False
3. What is the range of small differences and appears that offspring are a “blend” of their
parents’ traits?
A. Classical genetics
B. Continuous variation
C. Discontinuous variation
D. Hybridization
E. Inheritance
4.
________________ is seen among individuals when each individual shows one of two traits.
A. Classical genetics
B. Continuous variation
C. Discontinuous variation
D. Hybridization
E. Inheritance
5. Which of the following is NOT true of the garden pea, Pisum sativum ?
A. Used by Mendel to study inheritance
B. Highly inbred
C. Always produces offspring that look like the parent
D. Self-fertilizes
E. All of the above are true
6. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that made the garden pea an excellent
choice of model system for studying inheritance?
A. Grows to maturity within one season
B. Large quantities of garden peas could be cultivated simultaneously
C. Several generations could be evaluated over a relatively short time
D. True-breeding
E. Unexpected traits occur in offspring
7. The pea is naturally self-pollinating.
A. True
B. False
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8. Mendel performed mating two true-breeding individuals that have different traits, which is
called ____________.
A. Continuous variation
B. Discontinuous variation
C. Hybridization
D. Self-pollination
E. True-breeding
9. Plants used in first-generation crosses were called F1 (the first filial generation) plants.
A. True
B. False
10. Which of the following is NOT true of Mendel’s cross?
A. Experimented with true-breeding pea plants
B. P plants were cross-fertilized
C. The offspring of P plants were called the F1 generation
D. F1 generation of plants were allowed to self-fertilize
E. All of the above are true
11. A
_________________ is defined as a variation in the physical appearance of a heritable
characteristic.
A. Continuous variation
B. Discontinuous variation
C. Genotype
D. Hybridization
E. Trait
12. Imagine that you are performing a cross involving seed color in garden pea plants. What
traits would you expect to observe in the F1 offspring if you cross true-breeding parents with
green seeds and yellow seeds? Yellow seed color is dominant over green.
A. Only yellow-green seeds
B. Only yellow seeds
C. 1:1 yellow seeds:green seeds
D. 1:3 yellow seeds:green seeds
E. 3:1 yellow seeds:green seeds
13. Imagine that you are performing a cross involving seed color in garden pea plants. You
cross true-breeding parents with green seeds and yellow seeds to obtain F1 offspring. Which of
the following experimental results in terms of numbers of plants are closest to what you expect
in 640 of the F2 progeny? Yellow seed color is dominant over green.
A. 640 green seeds
B. 640 yellow seeds
C. 480:160 yellow seeds:green seeds
D. 160:480 yellow seeds:green seeds
E. 320:320 yellow seeds:green seeds
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14. Mendel allowed the F1 plants to self-fertilize and found that 705 plants in the F2 generation
had violet flowers and 224 had white flowers. Which flower color is dominant?
A. Violet
B. White
15.
_____________ traits are those that are inherited unchanged in a hybridization.
A. Dominant
B. Hybrid
C. Inheritable
D. Recessive
E. Reciprocal
16.
_____________
traits become latent or disappear in the offspring of a hybridization.
A. Dominant
B. Hybrid
C. Inheritable
D. Recessive
E. Reciprocal
17. Recessive traits become latent, or disappear in the offspring of a hybridization.
A. True
B. False
18. Which of the following is NOT true of Law of inheritance?
A. Each characteristic is expressed as one of two traits
B. Each individual had two discrete copies of a characteristic
C. Those two copies are called genes
D. We have two copies of each gene that we inherit one from each parent
E. All of the above are true
19. Which of the following refers to the observable traits expressed by an organism?
A. Allele
B. Gene
C. Genotype
D. Hybrid
E. Phenotype
20. Which of the following refers to an organism’s underlying genetic makeup?
A. Allele
B. Gene
C. Genotype
D. Hybrid
E. Phenotype
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21. Genotypes consist of both the physically visible and the non-expressed alleles.
A. True
B. False
22. Which of the following is NOT true of seed color in the pea plants?
A. Seed color is governed by a single gene with two alleles
B. The green-seed allele is recessive
C. The yellow-seed allele is dominant
D. When true-breeding P plants were cross-fertilized, all of the F1 hybrid offspring had yellow
seed
E. All of the above are true
23. The hybrid offspring were genotypically identical to the true-breeding parent.
A. True
B. False
24. Which of the following is NOT true of Law of dominance?
A. The F1 heterozygous offspring expresses both alleles
B. Homozygous dominant and heterozygous organisms will look identical
C. The dominant allele was referred to as the expressed unit factor
D. The recessive allele was referred to as the latent unit factor
E. All of the above are true
25. Out of a monohybrid cross, all of the F1 offspring had the phenotype of one parent, and the
F2 offspring had a 3:1 phenotypic ratio.
A. True
B. False
26. Which of the following is NOT true of Mendel’s monohybrid cross between plants with
yellow seeds and green seeds?
A. All F1 heterozygous offspring produced yellow seeds
B. The F1 generation was allowed to self-fertilize
C. The genotypes of the F2 generation showed a 1:2:1 ratio
D. The phenotype ratio of the F2 generation showed a 3:1 of yellow to green seeds
E. All of the above are true
27. The phenotypic ratios can be determined from a Punnett square without knowing the pattern
of inheritance (dominant and recessive).
A. True
B. False
28. Which of the following is NOT true of Law of segregation?
A. Paired unit factors (genes) must segregate equally into gametes
B. Offspring have an equal likelihood of inheriting either unit factor
C. For the F2 generation of a monohybrid cross, a 3:1 phenotypic ratio is observed
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D. For the F2 generation of a monohybrid cross, the three possible combinations of phenotypes
result
E. All of the above are true
29. Which of the following is NOT true of test cross?
A. A way to determine whether an organism that expressed a dominant trait was a heterozygote
or a homozygote
B. The dominant-expressing organism is crossed with an organism that is homozygous
recessive for the same characteristic
C. If the dominant-expressing organism is a homozygote, then all F1 offspring will be
heterozygotes expressing the dominant trait
D. If the dominant-expressing organism is a heterozygote, the F1 offspring will exhibit a 3:1
ratio of heterozygotes and recessive homozygotes
E. Further validates Mendel’s postulate that pairs of unit factors segregate equally
30. Independent assortment of genes can be illustrated by the monohybrid cross.
A. True
B. False
31. What is the phenotypic ratio of the F2 generation of a dihybrid cross in pea plants, which
involves the genes for seed color and texture?
A. 1:0
B. 1:1
C. 1:2:1
D. 3:1
E. 9:3:3:1
32. Which of the following is NOT true of Mendel’s experiments with pea plants?
A. Two types of alleles exist for every gene
B. Alleles maintain their integrity in each generation
C. No blending
D. In the presence of the dominant allele, the recessive allele is hidden
E. Recessive alleles can be carried and expressed by heterozygous individuals
33. Which of the following does NOT follow the dominant and recessive, single-gene model
Mendel discovered?
A. Incomplete dominance
B. Law of dominance
C. Law of inheritance
D. Law of independent assortment
E. Law of segregation
34. Which of the following would be the phenotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross when an allele
is incompletely dominant?
A. 1:0
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B. 1:1
C. 1:2:1
D. 3:1
E. 9:3:3:1
35. In the ABO blood-type system, both A and B alleles are simultaneously expressed in the
heterozygote (I A I B ).
A. True
B. False
36. Which of the following is NOT true of multiple alleles?
A. Only two alleles, one dominant and one recessive, exist for a given gene
B. The most common phenotype or genotype in the natural population is the wild type
C. All other phenotypes or genotypes are considered variants (mutants)
D. The variant may be recessive or dominant to the wild-type allele
E. An example is the ABO blood-type system in humans
37. How many different genotypes are there in the ABO blood-type system?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8
38. Eye color in Drosophila is an example of ___________________
.
A. Codominance
B. Epistasis
C. Incomplete dominance
D. Multiple alleles
E. X-linked trait
39. When two genes are located on the same chromosome, they are considered linked.
A. True
B. False
40. Which of the following refers to one gene suppressing the expression of another?
A. Codominance
B. Epistasis
C. Incomplete dominance
D. Multiple alleles
E. X-linked trai