Genetics Quiz

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

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T = tall an t = short
TT and Tt would result in  the following phenotype

• short
• tall
• both tall and short
• neither tall or short

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B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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Purebred is another word for __________, while hybrid is another word for __________.

• dominant; recessive
• recessive; dominant
• homozygous; heterozygous
• heterozygous; homozygous

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Aa is

• homozygous (purebred)
• heterozygous (hybrid)

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An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one

• two

• three

• five

Who is considered the father of genetics?

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• James Watson

• Francis Crick

Which of the following describes how each pair of alleles separate independently of other pairs of alleles when reproductive cells develop?

• Law of Independent Assortment

• Law of Segregation

• Principle of Dominance

• Law of Equality

Round seeds (R) are dominant to wrinkled seeds (r) in pea plants. If two heterozygous parents are crossed, what is the genotypic ratio?

• 1:2:2

• 2:2

• 3:1

• 1:2:1

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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