Apologia Biology Module 8 Mendelian Genetics

We know very little about the life and research of Mendel, true or false?

• True

• False

What did Mendel originally want to be?

• A leader of a monastery

• A doctor

• A teacher

• A geneticist

A/an _________ allele will determine the phenotype of the organism if even one is present in the genotype

• Dominant

• Recessive

In sexual reproduction, each parent contributes ______ of its alleles to the offspring

• neither

• one

• all

Concentration on only one definable trait in a cross between two individuals is referred to as observing a/an _____ cross

• dihybrid

• monohybrid

Diagrams that follow a particular species' phenotype through several generations are called _______

• phenome

• karotype

• pedigree

• genotype

Inheritance is said to be _______-_________ if the genetic trait is located on the sex chromosomes

• homologous-recessive

• sex linked

• mistyped

A genetic disease carrier is a person who is ___________ in a recessive genetic disorder

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Down's Syndrome is caused by a change in chromosome ______

• Structure

• Number

• Allele

• 20

A radical chemical change in one or more alleles is termed a/an __________

• misnomer

• mistype

• sex linked trait

• mutation