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Select the best answer. The National Institute of Health created a DNA repository called __________________.

Select the best answer. You are a genetic counselor, and you have been asked by a couple to help them figure out the odds of their offspring being carriers of cystic fibrosis, an autosomal recessive trait. The woman’s father was affected by cystic fibrosis, so she knows that she is a carrier, but is not affected. The man does not know if his biological parents had cystic fibrosis, but he is unaffected. What are the chances of their offspring being carriers of cystic fibrosis, given this information? 

Select the best answer. If you suspect a trait to be sex-linked, what sort of cross should you perform to confirm your suspicion? 

Select the best answer. In order to sequence a DNA strand using Sanger Sequencing, the reaction mixture should contain approximately 5-6%  ___________________.

Select the best answer. When examining an autosomal recessive disease on a pedigree, a colored in circle most likely refers to: 

Select the best answer. Imagine you have an orchid species that can have white or green flowers and long or short leaves. These traits are inherited in a simple Mendelian manner where white flowers and long leaves are the recessive traits and green flowers and short leaves are the dominant traits. From a cross of two parents heterozygous for both traits, what fraction of offspring do you expect to have white flowers and short leaves?

Select the best answer. What is a gene inherited in two species from a common ancestor?

Select the best answer. You breed a wild type fly with a sternopleural bristle fly, and find that 175 of the progeny have sternopleural bristles, and 53 have wild type bristles. Assuming simple Mendelian inheritance, which trait would you say is the dominant one? 

Select the best answer. In this course (BIOL 3001), when using the Chi-Squared chart the what is the p value used?

Select the best answer. When conducting a Recessive Backcross (Aa x aa) the expected genotypic ratio is 1 AA : 1 aa. This logically follows from: