Genetics Test Review

What does a Punnett Square show?

• All of Mendel's discoveries about Genetics
• Only recessive alleles in a genetic cross
• All the possible outcomes of a genetic cross
• Only the dominant alleles in a genetic cross

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__________ is genetic material on chromosomes organized into a double helix.

• Genotype
• DNA
• Genetics
• Monohybrid

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One gene from a gene pair is called DNA.
 

• True
• False

Inherited traits can never blend.

• True
• False

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The different forms of a gene are called

• alleles
• factors
• masks
• traits

______________ is the physical appearance of an organism as a result of its genotype.

• Genotype
• DNA
• Phenotype
• Dominant

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______________ is known as the "Father of Genetics".

• Recessive
• Chromosomes
• DNA
• Gregor Mendel

What does the notation "TT" mean in genetics?

• Two recessive alleles
• Two dominant alleles
• One dominant and one recessive allele
• A heterozygous organism

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What does the notation "Tt' mean to geneticists?

• One dominant and one recessive allele
• Two dominant alleles
• Two recessive alleles
• A Homeozygous organism

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An organism's genotype is its _________________

• feather color
• stem height
• genetic makeup
• physical appearance

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