CB3d Inheritance

Question 1

Sex chromosome

Answer 1

A chromosome that determines the gender of an organism

Question 2

Females have two __ chromosome

Answer 2

X (XX)

Question 3

Males have one __ and one __ chromosomes

Answer 3

X and Y (XY)

Question 4

In humans, whic gamete is responisble for determining the sex of the offspring?

Answer 4

male gamete (the sperm)

Question 5

Explain why about half the population in the UK female

Answer 5

because there is a 50% chance that sperm will carry an X sex chromosome

Question 6

To inherit Cystic Fibrosis, an organism must have two…

Answer 6

homozygous reccessive alleles