What Is the Smallest Number of Traits That Are Needed

question 66

Multiple Choice

What is the smallest number of traits that are needed to test Mendel's law of independent assortment?

• A) one
• B) two
• C) four
• D) eight

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Definitions:

Capillary Blood

Blood that is collected from the capillaries, often used for tests requiring small amounts of blood, like glucose level tests.

Buffy Coat

The fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following density gradient centrifugation.

Centrifuged

The process of subjecting various materials or solutions to the force of a centrifuge to separate components based on density.

Reference Laboratory

A laboratory owned and operated by an organization outside the physician’s practice.