Human Genome

The main goal of the Human Genome Project (HGP) was to:

• Identify the unique parts of each person's DNA.
• Identify genes responsible for human diseases.
• Identify genes responsible for human behavior.
• Determine the entire sequence of human DNA.

What is the name given to all the genetic information that an organism possesses?

• Genome

• Book of Information

• Genus

• Geneticology

Whether an offspring will be a male or a female is determined by

• Mother

• Father

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A chromosome that is not a sex chromosome is known as a(an)

• autosome.
• karyotype.
• pedigree.
• chromatid.

The failure of chromosomes to separate during gamete formation in called

• nondisjunction
• alleles
• point mutation
• cloning

In a pedigree chart, how are females illustrated

• circles
• squares
• triangles
• lines

In a pedigree chart, how are characteristics or traits illustrated

• circles
• squares
• shading
• lines

In a pedigree chart, how are characteristics or traits illustrated

• circles
• squares
• shading
• lines

Cystic fibrosis is

• a recessive genetic disorder

• a sex linked trait

• a dominant genetic disorder

• the combined effects of several genes.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The X and Y chromosomes are called the

• extra chromosomes.
• phenotypes.
• sex chromosomes.
• All of the answers are correct.