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Genetics and Development Quiz

Test your knowledge on genetics, heredity, and the developmental processes that shape human life with this engaging quiz! Dive deep into topics covering chromosomal abnormalities, genetic inheritance, and evolutionary theories.

Key Highlights:

10 thought-provoking multiple-choice questions
Discover the role of heredity and environment in development
Explore interesting concepts related to genetics

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Tracy's parents are avid sports fans. Since she was a child, they took her to numerous baseball and football games, and Tracy regularly watched the sports channel with her dad. When she was old enough, her parents made her join the little league team at her school and she performed well. This is an example of a/an:

Evocative genotype-environment correlation.

Gene-gene correlation.

Passive genotype-environment correlation.

Active (niche-picking) genotype-environment correlation.

Don and Ellie are trying to conceive a baby. How long should they wait before they suspect infertility?

18 months

3 months

12 months

24 months

In human beings, by the end of meiosis, each egg or sperm has _____ chromosomes.

23 paired

23 unpaired

46 paired

46 unpaired

Which of the following is an example of chromosomal abnormality that occurs when whole chromosomes do not separate properly during meiosis?

Down syndrome

Hemophilia

Huntington's disease

Sickle-cell anemia

_____ introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859.

Charles Darwin

Sigmund Freud

Wilhelm Wundt

Stephen Hawking

The _____ view states that development is the result of an ongoing, bidirectional interchange between heredity and the environment.

Congenital

Biosocial

Sociogenetic

Epigenetic

Adam was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, he participated in a research study in which his DNA as well as the DNA of others with cardiovascular disease was compared to the DNA of those who don’t have the disease, in order to pinpoint the region in the human genome connected to the disease. This type of study method is referred to as:

Linkage analysis.

Genome-wide association method.

Next-generation sequencing.

Thousand genomes project.

A fertilized human egg cannot grow into a crocodile, duck, or fish specifically because of:

Social influence.

Genetic code.

Adaptive behavior.

Environmental influence.

_____ genes are those that make an individual less vulnerable to certain diseases and make it more likely for him/her to live till an older age.

Mutated

Longevity

Susceptibility

Vulnerability

Mary and Jim are expecting a child and prenatal diagnostic procedures have confirmed that the fetus has _____, a neural tube disorder that causes brain and spine abnormalities. Their physician has explained that this gene-linked abnormality could be treated with corrective surgery at birth, orthopedic devices, and physical or medical therapy.

Huntington's disease

Phenylketonuria

Tay-Sachs disease

Spina bifida

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