Who is the father of genetics?

• Robert Hooke
• Albert Einstein
• Gregor Mendel
• Lynn Marguls

What is the study of biological inheritance patterns and variation in organisms

• biology
• ecology
• genetics
• herpetology

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Gregor Mendel used _____ to study inheritance of traits.

• pea plants
• human babies
• foxes
• blue whales

Offspring inherit 2 copies of each gene, 1 from each parent according to the law of...

• independent assortment
• segregation
• dominance
• the land

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The presence of one trait doesn't affect another according to the law of...

• independent assortment
• segregation
• dominance
• the land

What is the genotype for a recessive phenotype?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• AB

If a frog is homozygous dominant for green skin, what is its genotype?

• gg
• Gg
• gG
• GG

A Punnett square does not show

• alleles of the parents
• possible results of the cross
• possible genotypes of offspring
• actual genotypes of offspring

What would you use to predict the inheritance of two traits?

• monohybrid cross
• dihybrid cross
• trihybrid cross
• testcross

A chart to track the genetic characteristics of multiple generations is called a...

• Punnett square
• testcross
• genotype
• pedigree