AP Biology Heredity Review

You cross a purple-flowered plant with a white-flowered plant. What must be true?

• The purple parent was heterozygous

• The purple parent was homozygous

• The purple trait is dominant

• The purple trait is recessive

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The different forms of a gene are known as _____________.

• Codons
• Proteins
• Alleles
• Nucleotides

How many alleles do you get from each parent?

• 1
• 2
• 23
• 46

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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

Which of the following is an example of a GENOTYPE?

• 25%
• Blue
• 1:2:1
• Bb

Which of the following is an example of a PHENOTYPE?

• 25%
• Blue
• 1:2:1
• Bb

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The letters on the TOP AND SIDE of a punnett square represent ______________.

• The combination of alleles in offspring.
• The possible alleles given by the parents following meiosis.
• The genotype and phenotype of offspring.
• The results of genetic mutations in offspring.

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What is another name for heterozygous?

• Hybrid
• Purebred
• Codominant
• Mixed Breed

If a person has a genotype of Rr, what do you know about their gametes (sex cells)?

• They will all carry the R allele.
• They will all carry Rr.
• Some will carry R, some will carry r.
• They will all carry the r allele.

A wide range of phenotypic variations occur in the trait for human height.  Which of the following accounts for these variations?

• Polygenic Inheritance
• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Multiple Alleles

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