Basic Genetics

What law states that in Tt the person will only show the dominant allele

• law of segregation
• law of independent assortment
• law of dominance
• law of punnett squares

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB
• Bb
• bb
• Blue eyes

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What is a phenotype

• The genetic make up (code)
• The physical trait

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity
• trait
• gene
• allele

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Having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

Having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous genes
• mutated DNA

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Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

• Gregor Mendel
• Reginald Punnett
• James Watson
• Justin Bieber