1 A) autosomal B) sex-linked C) epistatic D) polygenic 2 A) cystic fibrosis B) skin color C) height D) fingerprint patterns 3 A) Yes B) No C) No basis for determination 4 A) AabbCC B) AABBCc C) AaBbcc D) aabbcc 5 A) skin color B) height C) eye color D) fingerprint patterns 6 A) genetic variation in a group that can be attributed to the environment B) phenotypic variation in an individual that can be attributed to genes C) phenotypic variation in a certain population that is due to genetic differences within the population D) None of the above 7 A) 50; 50; 50 B) 50; 100; 100 C) 100; 100; 100 D) 50; 50; 100 8 A) 25% B) 55% C) 75% D) 90% 9 A) adopted children B) monozygotic (MZ) twins C) dizygotic (DZ) twins D) cousins 10 A) heritability B) coefficient of relationship C) concordance D) empiric risk 11 A) environmental component B) inherited component C) random component D) No conclusions can be drawn in this case. 12 A) the empiric risk B) the correlation coefficient C) heritability D) concordance 13 A) 0 B) 0.21 C) 0.42 D) 0.84 14 A) 0 B) 0.21 C) 0.42 D) 0.84 15 A) fraternal twins B) a parent to child relationship C) a cousin to cousin relationship D) monozygotic twins 16 A) environmental; heritable B) genetic; environmental C) genetic; heritable D) plastic; immutable 17 A) 0 - 2 feet B) 4 - 5 feet C) 2 - 4 feet D) 4 - 6 feet 18 A) 3 feet B) 4 feet C) 5 feet D) 6 feet 19 A) the severity of the disorder B) the number of affected family members C) how closely related the person is to affected individuals D) All of the above 20 A) homozygous for genes affecting the trait B) in a uniform environment C) heterozygous for genes affecting the trait D) in a heterogeneous environment 21 A) AABB x aabb B) AAbb x aaBB C) AaBb x Aabb D) Aabb x Aabb 22 A) make use of SNP mapping B) relate sequence patterns to the probability of developing a particular disorder C) are more powerful than heritability studies D) All of the above are true in regard to association studies. 23 A) dominant B) recessive C) lethal D) similar 24 A) Karyotype analyses B) Heritability calculations C) Genome-wide association studies D) Pedigree analyses 25 A) stress B) lipid metabolism genes C) lipoprotein lipase genes D) fibrinogen genes 26 A) leptin B) dopamine C) lipoprotein lipase D) None of the above 27 A) apolipoprotein B) dopamine C) leptin D) fibrinogen 28 A) cancer B) cardiovascular disease C) obesity D) diabetes 29 A) stomach B) liver C) pancreas D) hypothalamus 30 A) liver; stomach B) fat; hypothalamus C) hypothalamus; intestine D) pancreas; liver 31 A) genetic B) environmental C) association D) concordance 32 A) dominant allele B) population C) polygenic trait D) recessive allele 33 A) environmental influences only B) genetic influences only C) both environmental and genetic influences D) neither environmental nor genetic influences 34 A) True. B) False.
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