genetics

Which of these is an inherited trait for humans?

• knowing how to read
• speaking English
• being able to play the violin
• having two arms 

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Which sentence is TRUE?

• Acquired traits are passed from parents to offspring
• Inherited traits are passed from parents to offspring
• Behaviors are never inherited
• Behaviors are always inherited 

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Which of these is a learned behavior for a dog?

• walking on four legs
• rolling over on command
• barking
• panting 

Which of these is a learned behavior for a human?

• sleeping
• laughing 
• playing violin 
• having brown eyes 

Which of the following is an acquired trait?

• blue eyes
• a good sense of smell
• a chipped tooth
• yellow flowers 

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Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

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What is a phenotype

• The genetic make up (code)
• The physical trait

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

• codominance
• incomplete dominance
• multiple alleles
• linked genes

Sex cells are produced through the process of

• mitosis
• cytokinesis
• binary fission
• meiosis

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