Mendelian Genetics

True or False: Genetics is the scientific study of heredity.

• True
• False

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What is another name for "true breeding?"

• Heterozygous
• Purebred
• Hybrid
• Cross Pollinating

Gregor Mendel's "P" Generation consisted of plants which were ______________ with opposite traits.

• Purebred
• Hybrid
• Heterozygous
• Incompletely Dominant

All offspring plants in Mendel's F1 generation were purple because purple is the ______________ trait.

• Heterozygous
• Homozygous
• Dominant
• Recessive

Which of the following does NOT describe the flowers in the F1 Generation?

• Hybrid
• Heterozygous
• Purebred

Gregor Mendel's "P" generation consisted of purple flower plants crossed with white flower plants. What were the results of this cross?

• All purple flower offspring
• All white flower offspring
• Some purple flowers and some white flowers

A __________ is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait.

• Gene
• Allele
• Codon
• Nucleotide

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The different forms of a gene are known as _____________.

• Codons
• Proteins
• Alleles
• Nucleotides

Which of Mendel's laws states that alleles are separated during meiosis?

• Law of Dominance
• Law of Segregation
• Law of Independent Assortment
• Law of Meiosis

According to the Law of Segregation, alleles are separated during the process of _____________.

• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Osmosis
• Translation

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