Genetics

Which of these is an inherited trait for humans?

• knowing how to read
• speaking English
• being able to play the violin
• having two arms 

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Which of these traits can a tree NOT pass to its offspring

• the shape of its leaves
• roots that grow toward the water
• a trunk scared by lightning 
• the kind of seed it forms 

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Knowing how to read a book is an example of

• a physical trait
• an inherited behavior
• a learned behavior 
• an inherited trait

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB
• Bb
• bb
• Blue eyes

having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

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having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

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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

One form of a gene is called_______________

• a DNA
• a Phenotype
• a trait
• an allele

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 Dominant alleles are-

• capital
• lowercase
• both
• neither

 Recessive alleles are-

• capital
• lowercase
• both
• neither

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