Genetics and Heredity - Part 1 (Revised)

The organism's appearance is known as its

• heredity

• pedigree

• phenotype

• genotype

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If you cross two rabbits that have the genotype Bb, how many possible genotypes can be found in the offspring?

• one

• two

• three

• four

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_____________ describes a trait that covers over, or masks another form of that trait.

• recessive

• gene

• allele

• dominant

Same traits produced in offspring from generation to generation is called?

• pure breeding

• cross breeding

• hybrid

• children

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_________________ describes a trait that is covered over, or masked by another form of that trait.

• dominant

• punnett

• recessive

• gene

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The letters representing the phenotype is called

• phenotype

• genotype

Different forms of a gene are called

• alleles

• traits

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Two of the same alleles of the gene for a certain trait

• heterozygous

• homozygous

Two different alleles of the gene for a certain trait

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. What would the phenotype for a flower with genotype Pp be?

• purple
• white
• pink
• yellow

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