Genetic review

What does heterozygous mean?

• An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)
• An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)
• When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
• the different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red

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This is an example of what?

• Complete dominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Codominance
• None of the above

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B=brown eyes
b= blue eyes
What is true about two brothers that have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB the other Bb.

• they have same phenotype and genotype
• they have different genotypes and phenotypes
• they have same phenotype but different genotypes
• they have same genotype but different phenotypes

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A dog gives birth to 5 puppies. What percentage of the chromosomes does each puppy share with the mother?

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

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The sex of an offspring is determined by ______________________.

• the mother
• the father
• the mother and the father
• by the environment

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Incomplete dominance means that the traits are

• expressed equally
• dominant
• recessive
• blended

Term for homozygous organisms that display two dominant phenotypes at the same time

• codominance
• incomplete dominance
• multiple alleles
• linked genes

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What is a phenotype?

• The expression of a trait; what you see.
• refers to the genetic makeup of an individual
• An organism that has the same genes for a trait (ex. TT or tt)
• the passing of traits from parent to offspring

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What does heterozygous mean?

• An organism that has the same genes for a trait (TT or tt)
• An organism that has different genes for a trait (Tt)
• When neither gene is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
• the different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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The inherited combination of alleles is known as the offspring's

• heredity
• phenotype
• genotype
• redigree

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