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Genetics and Heredity

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What scientist is referred What is heredity?

to as the father of genetics?

A. Charles Darwin A. Another term for sexual reproduction

B. Albert Einstein B. A type of asexual reproduction
C. Gregor Mendel C. The passing of traditions from
D. Alfred Wallace parents to offspring
D. The passing of traits from
parents to offspring

#3 Genetics and Heredity #4 Genetics and Heredity

Which of the following have you What is an allele?

inherited completely from your parents?

A. The shape of your blood cells A. Another word for a gene

B. Intelligence B. A homozygous genotype
C. Personality C. A heterozygous genotype
D. Weight D. One of several possible forms
of a gene

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If the dominant allele is yellow, If a brown-eyed mother and a blue-eyed

how many green pea plant offspring father have 4 kids, 3 will probably have
will there be? brown eyes. What can be concluded?

A. 0 A. Brown eyes are a successful trait

B. 1 B. Brown eyes are a dominant trait
C. 2 C. Brown eyes are a recessive trait
D. 4 D. Brown eyes are a submissive trait
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What is the phenotype of an individual? Which of the following

is not true about genes?

A. The genetic makeup A. Genes are found on chromosomes

B. The physical appearance B. A gene is a small piece of DNA
C. Recessive alleles C. Genes contain two alleles
D. Dominant alleles D. Genes are only in somatic cells

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If a disease is said to be sex-linked, If an offspring is said to be homozygous

what pair of chromosomes must contain recessive, which of the following
the gene responsible for the disease? could be its genotype?

A. 1st pair A. ss
B. 21st pair B. Ss
C. 23rd pair C. SS
D. 46th pair D. RRss

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Where does an animal get its genes? Which of the following

is an inherited trait?

A. All from its mother A. Freckles

B. All from its father B. Being a good reader
C. Half from mother and half from father C. A birthmark
D. Most from mother and some D. A scar
from father
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What term describes both alleles What term describes a diagram

being expressed within an offspring? showing genetic relationships between
members of a family?
A. Genotype
B. Incomplete dominance A. Punnett square
C. Complete dominance B. Karyogram
D. Full dominance C. Karyotype
D. Pedigree

# 15 Genetics and Heredity # 16 Genetics and Heredity

What term describes the genetic Which organelle contains DNA?

makeup of an organism?
A. Golgi B. Mitochondria C. Nucleus
A. Heredity
B. Phenotype
C. Genotype
D. Genetics

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What does a pedigree chart show? What are damages or changes

to a DNA sequence called?

A. The pattern of inheritance of A. Adaptation

a specific gene B. Carcinogen
B. Which genes are co-dominant C. Mutation
C. The genotypic ratios of the offspring D. Mutagen
D. The types of gametes produced
by the parents
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What term describes a thread-like What does the term

structure of DNA that forms when a cell heterozygous mean?
is ready to divide?
A. Members of a gene pair that are
A. Gene different
B. Karyotype B. Members of a gene pair that are
C. Allele the same
D. Chromosome C. The organisms physical appearance
D. None of the above

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A cross is made between two parents, What term describes an individual

both with genotype Aa. What is the who does not display a certain trait
probability that an offspring will have but is a carrier of it?
the genotype aa?
A. Homozygous dominant
A. 1/8 B. Homozygous recessive
B. 1/4 C. Heterozygous
C. 1/2 D. Phenotype
D. 3/4

# 23 Genetics and Heredity # 24 Genetics and Heredity

What will the phenotype be like if the The genetic information that must
genotype of an organism consists of a be copied for the next generation
dominant and a recessive allele? of cells is called

A. It will show the recessive trait A. DNA

B. It will show the dominant trait B. RNA
C. It won’t show either trait C. Enzymes
D. It will show both traits D. Proteins
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