3) The most common form of color-blindness - red/green color-blindness - is an X-linked recessive trait affecting around 8% of the male population in the US. What proportion of females would you expect to have this trait?

0.08, because for an X-linked trait the genotype frequencies among males are the same as the allele frequencies. Therefore, you would expect about q2 = 0.0064 (or 0.64%) of the female population to be affected and 2pq =0.147 (or 14.7%) of the female population to be carriers.

Explanation:

the answers are as following:

1. c. double helix, nucleosome, coil, supercoil, chromosome

2. b. g2 phase, preparation for mitosis

3. d. interphase consists of the g1, s, and g2 phases

4. c. metaphase

5. a. chromosomes are duplicated before cell division so that each new daughter cell has a complete set