Noah C. Genetics Final

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous genes
• mutated DNA

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Aa is

• homozygous (purebred)
• heterozygous (hybrid)

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Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

• Gregor Mendel
• Reginald Punnett
• James Watson
• Justin Bieber

T = tall an t = short
What is the phenotype for Tt?

• short
• tall
• medium sized
• neither tall or short

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Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• Yy
• Y
• yy
• YY

The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring is __________.

• genetics
• heredity
• genes
• traits

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When two identical alleles for a trait are in an organism, the organism is said to be ____________?

• Heterozygous
• Homozygous
• allele
• resseive

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

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

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Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer. She has a scar on her right cheek. She is good at swimming. Which of her traits did Magda most likely inherit?

• height
• the scar
• ability to swim
• ability to play drums

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Term for an organism that display two dominant phenotypes at the same time

• codominance
• incomplete dominance
• multiple alleles
• linked genes