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MAN/ALB
Internal/Block
CP
MASSEY UNIVERSITY
MANAWATU & ALBANY CAMPUSES
EXAMINATION FOR
203.203 HUMAN GENETICS
Semester One 2012
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Time allowed: THREE (3) hours
Answer EIGHT (8) out of ten questions
All questions are of equal value
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1.
a)
b)
2.
3.
Alzheimer disease
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Huntington disease
phenylketonuria
retinoblastoma
a)
b)
c)
d)
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4.
a)
b)
5.
a)
b)
6.
a)
b)
c)
d)
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7.
a)
b)
c)
What blood types are possible in the ABO blood group? For each
blood type, explain which alleles may be present, which ABO
antigens may be present, what antibodies are produced by a
person with that genotype, and what antibodies are not produced.
Assume that the H allele is present.
Explain which blood type is the universal donor and which is the
universal recipient.
Describe the H gene and its function, and explain how the answer
given in (a) could be affected by the H gene genotype.
8.
a)
b)
9.
a)
b)
10. Diet can have a selective effect on evolution in modern humans. Explain
how each of the following could be an example of this.
a)
b)
c)
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