Genetics

What is heredity?

• A kind of genetic disorder

• The way DNA divides

• A trait you inherit from your parents

• The passing down of traits from parents to children

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How many pairs of chromosomes exist in each of your cells?

• 10

• 12

• 23

• 46

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• Blue eyes

What is a phenotype

• The genetic make up (code)

• The physical trait

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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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Which of the following genotypes is a purebred?

• Bb

• Gg

• bb

• Dd

If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

• Purple

• Green

• GG

• gg

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Which is the correct phenotype for this organism?

• BB

• blue

• green

• bb

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 Dominant alleles are-

• capital

• lowercase

• both

• neither