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Basic Genetics

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Basic Genetics game quiz
"Genetics determines who you are and what you look like. This is a general quiz, covering inheritance, genetic diseases and genetic engineering."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What is the haploid number of chromosomes for human beings?
    48
    46
    23
    24


2. Which of the following is NOT a genetically inherited disease?
    cystic fibrosis
    AIDS
    Huntington's chorea
    red-green colour blindness


3. Point mutations in a chromosome involve changes to single bases.
    True
    False


4. If you have the genotype Bb for eye colour, you are a homozygote.
    True
    False


5. What does Mendel's Second Law of Independent Assortment state?
    Certain chromosomes are more likely to be passed onto offspring than others.
    This law was stated by Darwin, not Mendel.
    Each offspring in a litter will inherit the same chromosomes from each of their parents.
    Each individual offspring has equal chance of getting one half of any gene pair or the other from a parent.


6. Genes and proteins cannot be introduced into a crop from another species.
    True
    False


7. Which of the following is a sex-linked genetic disease?
    Down Syndrome
    cystic fibrosis
    red-green colour blindness
    thalassaemia


8. Which of the following associated issues is of least concern in personal gene testing (not gene testing of an unborn fetus)?
    psychological impact
    physical risk
    discrimination
    family relations


9. The first attempt to treat a disease by inserting a normal gene into the cells of a sufferer of an inherited disease was made in 1990. Which disease was this?
    sickle-cell anaemia
    thalassaemia
    haemophilia
    ADA deficiency


10. Which of the following is NOT an example of continuous variation in humans?
    gender
    skin colour
    height
    'curliness' of hair


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