Year 10 Genetics

Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

• Gregor Mendel
• Reginald Punnett
• James Watson
• Justin Bieber

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

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• Yy
• Y
• yy
• YY

Lisa has two grandmothers in this picture.

• Mona and Jackie
• Marge and Mona
• Selma and Jackie
• Patty and Selma

How many generations are shown in this pedigree?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How many girls in this family express this recessive disorder?

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

Sex cells are produced through the process of

• mitosis
• cytokinesis
• binary fission
• meiosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

An allele that is masked when a dominant allele is present (written as lower case letter)

• Small Allele
• Tiny Allele
• Regressive Allele
• Recessive Allele

A section of DNA that codes for a certain trait.

• Trait
• Characteristic
• Gene
• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1