When a Single-Gene Mutation Can Have Phenotypic Effects at Multiple

question 31

Multiple Choice

When a single-gene mutation can have phenotypic effects at multiple stages of development,it is

• A)pleiotropic.
• B)incompletely dominant.
• C)recessive.
• D)causing a disease.
• E)X-linked.

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Definitions:

Ethnocentric Bias

The tendency to view one's own culture or ethnicity as superior and to use one’s own cultural standards to judge others.

Biased Sample

A sample that does not accurately represent the population from which it was drawn due to systematic exclusion or over-representation of certain groups.

Ethnocentrism

The act of judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture.

Phallocentrism

The idea that the penis is central to identity and symbolically empowered.