Mendelian Genetics

What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

• Purple
• Green
• GG
• gg

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Tt is-

• homozygous dominant
• homozygous recessive
• heterozygous
• none of these

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If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• tT

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A __________ is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait.

• Gene
• Allele
• Codon
• Nucleotide

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The letters on the TOP AND SIDE of a punnett square represent ______________.

• The combination of alleles in offspring.
• The possible alleles given by the parents following meiosis.
• The genotype and phenotype of offspring.
• The results of genetic mutations in offspring.

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The observable traits of an organism are known as its

• allele
• dominance
• phenotype
• genotype

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Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________

• Modern Medicine
• Father of the Green Revolution
• Father of Genetics
• The Pea Plant Man

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What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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This phenotype is more likely to be prominent in offspring

• Genotype
• Dominant genotype
• Recessive Phenotype
• monotypes

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