Genetics Review

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called?

• Cross Mutation
• Trait Crossing
• Heredity
• Histology

The Austrian monk whose experiments with pea plants were the beginning of our understanding of genetics was

• Daniel Dromonowitz
• Gregor Mendel
• Albert Einstein
• Thomas Jones

This is the term used to describe your genetic make-up

• Genotype
• Phenotype

Identify the following genotype - A A

• HETEROZYGOUS
• HOMOZYGOUS

When Mendel crossed plants from the P1 generation, it produced the _____ generation.

• P2
• F2
• P3
• F1

This is the term used to describe your physical appearance

• Genotype
• Phenotype

Dominant alleles are always represented by a lower case letter.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which of the following is true of Mendel's rules of genetics?

• A.    Both recessive and dominant alleles show if present
• A.    If a dominant allele is present, the recessive allele won’t be seen.
• A.    If a recessive allele is present, the dominant allele won’t be seen.

In Incomplete Dominance, there is a blending of dominant traits.  For example a white flower is mixed with a red flower to produce a pink flower.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The following genotype is considered a hybrid

• H H
• H h