Genetics Review

A section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait:

• chromosome

• gamete

• gene

• allele

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The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called ____.

• meiosis

• gametes

• alleles

• heredity

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A different form of a gene is:

• phenotype

• genotype

• allele

• gene

What describes the alleles of all the genes that code for an organism’s phenotype?

• allele

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

A tool to illustrate how the parents’ alleles might combine in offspring is a:

• pedigree

• punnett square

• genotype

• heredity

You are given the following DNA sequence. What would be the mRNA sequence?

ATC GCA TTC GTG CAT

• TAG CGT AAG CAC GTA

• UAG CGU AAG CAC GUA

• TUG CGT AUG CAC GUA

• TUG CGT UUG CUC GTU

An allele that is expressed in the phenotype only if the other allele is the same is:

• dominant

• recessive

• genotype

• phenotype

Which process uses the code on a RNA molecule to make a protein?

• mutation

• replication

• transcription

• translation

A molecule made of a nitrogen base, a sugar, and a phosphate group is called a

• DNA

• nucleotide

• allele

• mutation

What does DNA do?

• It hooks together amino acids to make proteins.

• It provides the cell with energy.

• It contains genetic information for building/maintaining cells.

• It is the basic unit of life.

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