Genetics and Heredity Practice

The passing of traits from parent to offspring 

• Heredity 
• Genetics 
• Hybrid 
• Probability 

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Who was the father of genetics 

• Sagan 
• Issac Newton 
• Gregor Mendel 
• C.jenkins 

A homozygous dominant dog with brown fur is crossed with a heterozygous dog with brown fur. What are the percentages of the possible genotypes?

• 100% BB
• 75% BB and 25%Bb
• 50 % BB and 50% Bb
• 50% Bb and 50% bb

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Squidward has light blue skin, and his genotype for this trait is Bb. Would Squidward be considered a purebred or hybrid for light blue skin?

• Purebred
• Hybrid

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How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How many alleles (letters) does a child get from each parent for each trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

• genotypes
• phenotypes

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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B = brown eyes
b = blue eyes
What is true about these 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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Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

• A
• Aa
• AA
• aa

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