Genetics 2

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

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Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?

• 0 %
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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

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

If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

• Purple
• Green
• GG
• gg

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the following letters are an example of _______  dd

• recessive
• homozygous recessive
• homozygous dominant
• dominant

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Hemophilia is a recessive sex-linked trait. If H = normal & h = has hemophilia, which genotype represents a male with hemophilia. 

• X^HY
• X^HX^h
• X^hX^h
• X^hY 

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In certain species of plants, purple flowers (P) are dominant to white flowers (p). If two heterozygous plants are crossed, what will be the phenotype of the offspring?

• 100% purple flowers
• 100% white flowers
• 75% white flowers, 25% purple flowers
• 25% white flowers, 75% purple flowers

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A mutation is defined as:

• A change in the cell's structure

• Anything that changes in an embryo

• Any change in the physical features of a human

• A change in the DNA sequence

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Genetic mutations can be...

• beneficial, harmful, or neutral

• beneficial only

• harmful only

• neutral only

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In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X ^R X ^r ?

• male with white eyes

• female with red eyes

• male with red eyes

• female with white eyes

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