Meiosis and Mendelian Genetics Vocabulary

Brown hair is an example of which of the following

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Neither

Each parent provides what percentage of your traits?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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

• Rr

• Nn

• NN

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.

Sexual reproduction results in which of the following.

• Offspring with completely different traits as the parents.

• Offspring with identical traits as the parents.

• Offspring with identical traits as their ancestor.

• Offspring with a combination of traits as the parents.

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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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Sexual reproduction does what to genetic variation?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Makes identical copies

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A heterozgous genotype results in what type of expression of phenotype?

• Recessive Phenotype

• Dominant Phenotype

• Both traits being expressed

• Completely new traits

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sex cells (egg, sperm, pollen)

• games
• gamete
• somatic 
• neurons

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A form of cell division that halves the number of chromosomes when forming reproductive cells

• sister chromatids
• mitosis
• meiosis
• budding

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