Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Inheritance, Exercise 1: Questions

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Questions from Mary Jones and Geoff Jones Solutions for Chapter: Inheritance, Exercise 1: Questions with Hints & Solutions

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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What are chromosomes made of?

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What are homologous chromosomes?

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What are alleles?

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The allele for the brown eye is dominant to the allele for blue eyes. Write down suitable symbols for these alleles.

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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The allele for the brown eye is dominant to the allele for blue eyes. What is the phenotype of a person who is heterozygous for this character?

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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What is codominance?

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Upper Secondary: IGCSE
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Alleles of the gene for the ABO blood group antigens in humans show unusual characteristics. What are these?

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The following figure shows three possible genotypes for the blood group. Write down all the other possible genotypes and the phenotypes that is associated with each one.

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