Lecture 15

Reproductive System and Human Genetics

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Luteinizing hormone (LH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
Maintain the function of the corpus luteum
Ovulation occurs at which day of the ovarian cycle?
14
At the end of the ovarian cycle, if a woman is not pregnant, the corpus luteum
Disintegrates
What is the function of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating (FSH)?
They stimulate oocytes to develop and ovaries to release estrogen and progesterone.
The archenteron is the primitive _____ of an embryo and is completelly surrounded by _____.
Gut, endoderm
From outside to inside, an embryo at the end of gastrulation has the following three embryonic tissue layers:
Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
Which of the following adult tissues or organs arises from the mesoderm?
Circulatory system
A karyotype
Is a visual display of chromosomes arranged according to size
Which of the following designates a normal human female?
A. XXY
b. XY
c. XX
d. XYY
e. XO
A locus is
The location of an allele on a chromosome
Various forms of a gene at a given locus are called
Alleles
Chromosomes other than those involved in sex determination are known as
Autosomes
DNA coding regions that affect the same trait are called
Alleles
If two genes are almost always found in the same gamete, they are
Located close together on the same chromosome
Genes that are located on the same chromosome
A. tend to be inherited together.
b. will appear together in the gamete.
c. are said to be linked.
d. may be separated during crossing over.
e. all of these