Genetics

If T stands for tall and t stands for short, which is true of this Punnett Square?

• 50% of the offspring are short
• 50% of the offspring are tall
• 100% of the offspring are tall
• 100% of the offspring are short

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Which is correct?

• Genotypes describe alleles, phenotypes describe physical appearance
• Phenotypes describe alleles, genotypes describe physical appearance
• Homozygous recessive is a type of phenotype
• Genotypes are the same thing as phenotypes

What type of Punnett Square is this?

• Monohybrid Cross
• Dihybrid Cross
• Trihybrid Cross
• Criss Cross

What determines your traits?

• Your father's genes
• Your environment
• The type of nutrition you get
• The sequence of bases in your DNA

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Which is true of this Punnett Square?

• All of the offspring are homozygous dominant
• The parents had 4 children
• The H stands for Horse genes
• One of the parents is heterozygous

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If the R stands for round peas and the r stands for wrinkled peas, which of the following is true?

• 1 out of 4 (50%) of the offspring are round
• 1 out of 4 (50%) of the offspring are wrinkled
• 4 out of 4 (100%) of the offspring are round
• 4 out of 4 (100%) of the offspring are wrinkled

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Who was Gregor Mendel?

• The guy who discovered DNA
• The guy who discovered Science
• The guy who discovered Genetics
• The guy who discovered Biology

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Which of the following would be homozygous recessive?

• Zz
• nn
• MM
• LMNOP

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What is the genotype for this?  AA

• Homozygous recessive
• Homozygous dominant
• Heterozygous
• Other

What is this?

• Allele
• Chromosome
• Gregor Mendel
• Punnett Square

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