Review for Mendelian Genetics Quiz

The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• heredity
• genetics
• trait
• alleles

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Characteristics can also be called

• heredity
• traits
• gene 
• alleles

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The different forms of a gene

• heredity
• genetics
• gene
• alleles

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

This trait always shows up in an organism when the allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• recessive allele

This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• recessive allele
• Punnett Square

A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• Punnett Square

Brown hair is an example of which of the following

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Neither

Which of the following is an example of a homozygous genotype?

• Rr

• rr

• NN

• Nr

Which of the following is the correct definition for a genotype?

• The physical expression of a gene. (Characteristics)

• A strand of DNA made up of multiple mutations.

• The expression of one of your parents traits.

• The set of genes in our DNA which is responsible for a particular trait.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If your genotype is Bb, what type of trait would you express as a phenotype?

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Both the dominant and recessive traits

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1