Mendelian Genetics

Which sentence is TRUE?

• Acquired traits are passed from parents to offspring

• Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Robert Hooke

TT,tt,PP,pp,SS,ss are examples of alleles that are?

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• different

The exact genetic makeup of an organism, such as RR, Tt, PP is its?

• phenotype
• dominance
• genotype
• trait

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Females-XX; MalesXY.  A couple has 4 girls.  What is the chance the next child will be a boy?

• 75%
• 100%
• 25%
• 50%

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If "T" is the allele for tall and "t" is the allele for short, then Tt would produce?

• tall
• short
• medium
• not enough info

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___________________________ is the study of how traits are passed on, or inherited.

• dominant traits
• ratio
• phenotype
• genetics

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What term describes what you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

Two heterozygous parents produce offspring. What is the probability of the HETEROZYGOUS GENOTYPE appearing in the offspring generation?

• 75%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

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