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What are the main conventional symbols and signs used in genetic family trees? What is a genetic family tree?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Genetic Family Trees**: - A genetic family tree, also known as a pedigree, is a diagram that represents the occurrence and inheritance of genetic traits in a family across generations. It helps in tracking genetic disorders and understanding how traits are passed down. 2. **Main Symbols Used in Pedigrees**: - **Circle**: Represents a female. - **Square**: Represents a male. ...
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CENGAGE BIOLOGY-CHROMOSOMAL THEORY OF INHERITANCE AND GENETIC DISORDERS-MANDATORY EXERCISE
  1. Mention the salient features of chromosomal theory of inheritance.

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  2. Sex of the offspring is determined by (A) only the mother, because s...

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  3. Down's syndrome is an example of (A) incomplete dominance (B) gene...

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  4. What are the main conventional symbols and signs used in genetic famil...

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  5. The genetic disorders can be grouped under two broad categories - sex-...

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  6. The egg of an animal contains 10 chromosomes, of which one is X chromo...

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  7. How is the child affected if it has grown from the zygote formed by an...

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  8. A woman of 47 years delivered an abnormal child with flattened nasal b...

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  9. In humans the sex of the child is determined by the father and not by ...

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  10. Pattern baldness is sex-linked, but cannot be expressed normally in fe...

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  11. Action of ultraviolet rays on DNA is (A) induction of thymidine dime...

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  12. A women with normal vision, but whose father was colour blind, marries...

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  13. Haemophilia is a condition, where there is (A) no production of haem...

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  14. A woman who has haemophilia marries a normal man. How many of their ch...

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  15. Identify each of the alterations of chromosome structure.

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  16. How does sickle cell anemia affect the red blood cells?

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  17. If mother and father are both sickle cell carriers, what are the chanc...

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