Genetics Flashcard

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Who used snapdragon plants in his monastery garden to study the inheritance of characteristics?

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Gregor Mendel

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What trait is hidden if the genotype has a dominant allele?

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Recessive trait

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Offspring of purebred parents will result in what percentage of offspring with recessive traits?

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0%

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What determines an organism’s phenotype?

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The interaction of genotype and environment.

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Do all characters follow Mendel’s principles of heredity?

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No

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Does human blood type follow Mendel’s principles of heredity?

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NO

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Are skin color, height, and intelligence controlled by a single gene?

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False

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Is it considered natural selection when an existing trait makes an organism more likely to survive and reproduce?

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Yes

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When has natural selection been observed to create new kinds of organisms?

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Natural selection has never been observed to create a new kind of organism.

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If a yellow-flowered plant is crossed with a red-flowered plant that follows incomplete dominance, what type of offspring will they produce?

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Orange-flowered plants