Genetics and Evolution Review

Brown eyes are dominant over blue. A man is heterozygous for brown eyes. What is his GENOTYPE?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• Brown Eyes

Brown eyes are dominant over blue. A man is heterozygous for brown eyes. What is his PHENOTYPE?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• Brown Eyes

Which statement below does not agree with Darwin’s theory of evolution?

• Species evolve in response to changes in their environment.

• Today’s species were created in their current forms about 6,000 years ago.

• All species on earth today have evolved from one common ancestor

Mom is bb and Dad is Bb. If B = Brown and b= blue what is the probability the offspring will have brown eyes?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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Who is considered to be the "Father of Genetics"?

• Watson

• Mendel

• Darwin

• Einstein

When there is two of the same gene, either two dominant or two recessive.

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

One parent is PP and the other is pp; predict the genotypes of the offspring.

• 100% PP

• 100% Pp

• 50% PP - 50% pp

• 25% PP 50% - Pp 25% - pp

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Two heterozygous tall pea plants mate, predict the GENOTYPES of the offspring.

• 100% TT

• 100% Tt

• 25% TT - 50% Tt - 25% tt

• 50% tt 50% TT - 50% tt

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What does the genotype need to be of two dominant parents who produce a recessive child?

• BB x BB

• Bb x Bb

• BB x bb

• bb x bb

Who is known as the father of evolution?

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Mr. Mayer