Genetics & Heredity

What is the name of the study of heredity? 

• Regeneration
• Heritage
• Genetics
• Assortment

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Gregor Mendel is known as the "Father of __________"

• Genetics
• Segregation
• Dominance
• Recessiveness 

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Which of the following genotypes would be considered homozygous dominant?  

• Bb
• TT
• cc
• Ff

Which of the following genotypes would be considered heterozygous or a carrier?

• BB
• gg
• Ff
• TT

Which of the following genotypes would be considered homozygous recessive? 

• Rr
• CC
• Dd
• rr

Height or hair color would be an example of a: 

• Hybrid
• Allele
• Trait
• Gene

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Different forms of a gene known as your "options" such as tall or short are called: 

• Factors
• Genes
• Traits
• Alleles

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 These chemical factors (like DNA) determine your traits that are passed down from one generation to another: 

• Traits
• Genes
• Alleles
• Options

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Which one of these describes the genetic makeup of an organism represented by letters?

• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Genotype

Which one of these describes the physical characteristics you see on an organism? 

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous