Question

1.

Which of the following are quantitative traits? Select ALL that apply.

• Pea plant seed color, which can be either yellow or green.

• Human height, which ranges from 4’ – 7’

• Human weight, which ranges from .5 - 1400 Lbs

• Human diastolic blood pressure, which ranges from 40 to 100

• Budgie bird feather color, which can be white, yellow, green or blue.

2.

Which of the following is a type of genetic modification? Select ALL that apply.

		gene editing
		transformation
		hybridization and artificial selection
		Mutagenesis

*3.Which of the following are components of the disarmed plasmid used to create transformant plants? Select ALL that apply.

		Origin of replication
		Virulence region
		T region - in the transformation vector, not the disarmed plasmid
		selectable marker
		genes for conjugative transfer
		lacZ

Answer 1

1. Which of the following are quantitative traits? Select ALL that apply.

Human height, which ranges from 4’ – 7’

Human weight, which ranges from .5 - 1400 Lbs

Human diastolic blood pressure, which ranges from 40 to 100

Quantitative traits are measurable phenotype, which depends on additive action of multiple gene and environment. It has a continuous distribution of phenotypes.

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