Genetics

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

• Einstein

• Mendel

• Disney

• Washington

What type of "square" helps us solve genetic probability?

• carpenter square

• Mendel square

• Punnett square

• genetic square

Y for yellow body is dominant over y for green body. What alleles would produce yellow bodies?

• YY,yy

• Yy,yy

• YY only

• YY,Yy

If "T" is the allele for tall and "t" is the allele for short, then Tt would produce?

• tall
• short
• medium
• not enough info

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A physical characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring.

• behavior
• trait
• strong muscles
• ability to fly a plane.

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when you have two different genes

• heterozygous
• dominant
• homozygous

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when you have two of the same genes

• heterozygous
• recessive
• homozygous

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Dd letters are an example of....

• heterozygous genes
• homozygous genes
• dominant genes
• recessive genes

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DD is an example of

• homozygous recessive
• dominant
• Homozygous dominant
• recessive

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What is a phenotype?

• The expression of a trait; what you see.
• refers to the genetic makeup of an individual
• An organism that has the same genes for a trait (ex. TT or tt)
• the passing of traits from parent to offspring

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