Question text A human XX female is a carrier of a reciprocal translocation between the long arms of chromosomes 9 and 10. She thus has a typical chromosome 9, a typical chromosome 10, a derivative 9, and a derivative 10. a. What structure do the chromosomes appear as at prophase I of meiosis? Please make sure your spelling is accurate Answer 1 Question 1[input] (1 mark) b. The four chromosomes can segregate in anaphase I in three different ways, as described below. Fill in the blanks below (Please make sure your spelling is accurate): (1) 9 and 10 to one pole, and der(9) and der(10) to the other =  Answer 2 Question 1[input] (2) Answer 3 Question 1[select: , 9, 10] and der(9) to one pole, and Answer 4 Question 1[select: , 9, 10] and der(10) to the other = ADJACENT-II (3) 9 and der(Answer 5 Question 1[select: , 9, 10]) to one pole, and der(Answer 6 Question 1[select: , 9, 10]) and 10 to the other = Answer 7 Question 1[input] (2 marks) c. One of these segregation patterns occurs extremely rarely. Which one is it, 1, 2 or 3 (in question b above)? Answer 8 Question 1[select: , 1, 2, 3] (1 mark) d. Which of these segregation pattern(s) (in question b above) yield balanced gametes? Answer 9 Question 1[select: , 1, 2, 3, 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 1 and 3, 1,2 and 3] (1 mark) e. Compared to an individual homozygous for a reciprocal translocation, an individual heterozygous for the same translocation has Answer 10 Question 1[select: , higher fertility, lower fertility, the same fertility] (1 mark)Multiple fill-in-the-blank

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