Most mutations that cause cancer occur within body cells, and body cell mutations are not inherited. if cancer is not inherited, why does cancer statically appear to run in families? a. family members have similar genetic make-up that may make them predisposed to cancer. b. family members are exposed to similar environmental conditions. c. family members have a widely varied genetic make-up that can be affected by specific mutagens. d. family members share the contagious mutagens that can be passed by close exposure.

In a hypothetical breed of dogs, coat color is controlled by two genes. there are six different coat colors in this breed: black, brown, cream, gray, silver, and tan. consider the following crosses.cross 1: black females from a lineage of all black dogs are crossed with brown males from a lineage of all brown dogs. f1 males and females are all black. when f1 are intercrossed, f2 males and females are black or brown.cross 2: black females from a lineage of all black dogs are crossed with tan males from a lineage where all males are tan and all females are cream. f1 males are black, f1 females are gray. when f1 are intercrossed, f2 males and females are black, brown, gray, or tan.cross 3: silver females from a lineage where all females are silver and all males are gray are crossed with brown males from a lineage of all brown dogs. f1 males and females are all gray. when f1 are intercrossed, f2 males are black, brown, gray, or tan, f2 females are cream, gray, silver, or tan.select the correct statements regarding the mode of inheritance of the coat color genes.a) both genes are x-linked.b) both genes are autosomal.c) one of the genes modifies the expression of the other gene.d) each gene has an additive effect on the intensity of coat color.e) each gene independently specifies three colors.f) one of the genes is autosomal, and the other is x-linked.

Legumes, a type of plant, require rhizobia, a type of soil bacteria, to survive since these organisms fix nitrogen during photosynthesis. rhizobia use the legumes for food. what would most likely happen to the legume population if rhizobia suddenly became extinct?

Astudent analyzed ears of corn that demonstrated two traits in the f2 kernels, purple or white colors and smooth on wrinkled shapes. a tabulation of 135 individual kernels gave the following results: purple and smooth = 75 white and smooth = 28 purple and wrinkled = 24 white and wrinkled = 8 what would be the only phenotype present in the f1 ger