UNIT I - Chapter 2

Heredity and Variation

Exercise 2.1 (10 pts.)

What do you think is questionable about Aristotle's conception of heredity? about the
blending hypothesis? about the blood theory of heredity?
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Exercise 2.2

Multiple choice. On the space provided, write the letter of the correct answer.

_____ 1. Which of the following refers to the different forms of a gene?

a. alleles

b. genotypes

c. phenotypes

d. nitrogenous bases

_____ 2. If an organism has 24 chromosomes, how many chromosomes are in

reproductive cells?

a. 6

b. 12

c. 24

d. 48

_____ 3. What will happen to a car if its sex cells do not undergo meiosis?

a. It will stop growing.

b. It will die

c. It will not reproduce

d. It will disintegrate
_____ 4. Which of the following refers to the physical characteristics of an individual?

a. alleles

b. genotype

c. phenotype

d. nitrogenous bases

_____ 5. What determine(s) the expression of traits?

I. enviroment II. genotype III. phenotype

a. I only

b. II only

c. I and II

d. II and III

_____ 6. Which organism has different paired genes for a specific trait?

a. genotypic

b. homozygote

c. heterozygote

d. phenotypic

_____ 7. Which term correctly completes the following sentence?

When an organism's genotype for hair color is Bb, it is also said to be ______ brown
haired.

a. recessive

b. homozygous

c. heterozygous

d. dominant

_____ 8. How can one determine the phenotype of a person?

a. by DNA testing

b. by observing the cell

c. by looking at a person

d. by using x-ray

_____ 9. If the body cells of an organism have 12 chromosomes, what is the number of
chromosomes contained in its sex cells?

a. 6

b. 12

c. 24

d. 48

_____ 10. Which is a sex linked disease?

a. diabetes

b. cancer

c. color blindness

d. Alzheimer's disease

B. Questions. Answer the following questions thoroughly.

11. How would you explain the relationship between genes and chromosomes?

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12. Under what circumstances are dominant genes expressed? recessive ones?

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13. How do the nitrogenous bases along a gene serve as a genetic code?

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