Mutations Quiz

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A quiz on Mutations to follow after Mutations notes by laldypop
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
What name is given to the process by which a spindle fibre fails during meiosis and one or more of the gametes produced receives an extra chromosome?
Respuesta
  • non-disjunction
  • meiosis
  • polyploidy
  • mutation

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
How many gametes (out of 4) will receive an extra chromosome if the spindle failure occurs during the first meiotic division?
Respuesta
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1
  • 0

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
If a normal human sperm fertilizes an egg containing an extra copy of chromosome 21, what is the diploid number of the zygote formed?
Respuesta
  • 44
  • 46
  • 47
  • 43

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
What is meant by the term polyploidy?
Respuesta
  • an increase in the number of chromosomes by 3 or more times
  • a decrease in the number of chromosomes by 3 or more times
  • an addition in the number of chromosomes in gametes
  • a subtraction in the number of chromosomes in gametes

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
How are polyploidy plants economically important to farmers?
Respuesta
  • they are resistant to disease
  • they are smaller so farmers will have a bigger yield
  • they make the coffee taste better
  • they give bigger yields

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
What name is given to a change which involves a chromosome breaking in two places and a segment of genes dropping out?
Respuesta
  • Deletion
  • Duplication
  • Inversion
  • Translocation
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