Punnett and Pedigree Quiz

Of sixteen rabbits just born, thirteen have brown fur and three have white fur. The trait for white fur is considered to be 

• recessive
• bossy
• stronger
• dominant

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 Which term correctly describes an individual with a pair of the same alleles for a trait? 

• homologus
• heterologus
• homozygous
• heterozygous

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 Look at the Punnett square.
If the two parents represented in the Punnett square have four offspring, what does the Punnett square tells you? 

• Two of the offspring will definitely have the genotype Aa.
• It is more likely that two of them will have the genotype Aa than the genotype aa.
• There is a 50% chance for each of the four offspring to have the genotype Aa.
• It is less likely that two of them will have the genotype Aa than the genotype aa.

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An individual with two different alleles for a specific trait is said to be: 

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• homogeneous
• heterogeneous

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Phenotype refers to the _________ of an individual

• genetic makeup
• actual physical appearance
• recessive alleles
• dominant alleles

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When the genotype consists of a dominant and a recessive allele, the phenotype will be like the ______________ allele.

• dominant
• recessive
• both
• neither

Gregor Mendel developed some basic principles of heredity by

• crossing pea plants
• breeding fruit flies
• cutting off the tails of mice
• growing bacteria in a laboratory

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An organism that has two identical genes for a trait is said to be

• heterozygous for the trait
• hybrid for the trait
• homozygous for the trait
• incompletely dominant for the trait

Heredity information for traits is located in 

• genes found on chromosomes
• chromosomes found on genes
• the mitochondria
• the lysosomes in the cytoplasm

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Which of these would best be described as a phenotype?

• Bb
• Pp
• Brown hair
• Mutation

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