Chapter 1. Genetic Variation and Inheritance (Chapters 12 - 20)

1.1 Section Title

Visual Synthesis Map
After you've explored the Visual Synthesis Map, click the button below to answer a few questions showing that you've understood the concepts covered here.
Visual Synthesis Map Assessment
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Questions

Question 1.1

Make sure the Navigation button at the top of the map is selected for the duration of this assessment so that you can see the menu. Turn on the Genotypes button in the "Layers" menu. On the map, click on the green magnifying glass icon on Lily’s chromosomes until you reach Zoom Level 9.

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Question 1.2

Keep the setting as in the previous question (Genotypes button on, zoomed in to Zoom Level 9 on Lily’s chromosomes).

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Question 1.3

Click the reset button in the upper-left-hand corner so that you’re back to Zoom Level 2 and can see the entire family tree. Keep the Genotypes button on.

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Question 1.4

Turn on the Phenotypes button in the "Layers" menu.

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Question 1.5

Open the "BRCA1 Genetics menu" and turn on the button that says "Ruth's arm (normal)." Click on the button that brings you to Zoom Level 12 on Ruth's arm, and make a note of what the chromosomes look like. Now click on "Ruth's breast (mutant)" and the Zoom Level 12 button to see the chromosomes in a cell of Ruth's breast.

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Question 1.6

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Question 1.7

Reset the map and open the "Mendel's 1st Law" menu. Zoom to Ruth and Isaac's cross by clicking on the Zoom 06 button.

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Students, this question only allows a single try to answer correctly.

Correct. Click on the Compare button in the "Mendel's 1st Law" menu to see the expected ratios of a recessive single-gene trait.
Incorrect. Click on the Compare button in the "Mendel's 1st Law" menu to see the expected ratios of a recessive single-gene trait.

Question 1.8

Reset the map and make sure the Genotype button in the “Layers” menu is still on so you can see the chromosomes of Ruth’s and her children’s generations.

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Question 1.9

Open the "Mendel's 2nd Law" menu. Zoom to Adam and Leah's cross by clicking on the Zoom 04 button.

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Correct. Click on the Compare button in the “Mendel’s 2nd Law” menu to see the expected ratios for a two-trait cross.
Incorrect. Click on the Compare button in the “Mendel’s 2nd Law” menu to see the expected ratios for a two-trait cross.
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Question 1.10

Click on the Humans button on the "Mendel's 2nd Law" menu to turn off the Punnett square comparison. Zoom in to Level 9 on Leah's Chromosome 13 and compare the sequences of the nonmutant and mutant genes.

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Question 1.11

Reset the map, open the "Testing and Ethical Issues" menu, and zoom to Ben and Sarah's children by clicking on the Zoom 04 button. Click on the SNP genotyping button to see the results of each child's genotype at the BRCA1 mutation site.

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Question 1.12

Reset the map, but make sure the Genotype and Phenotype buttons on the "Layers" menu are still on.

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Question 1.13

Reset the map, but make sure the Genotype and Phenotype buttons on the "Layers" menu are still on.

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