Mendelian Genetics

Heredity describes how ______ are passed down from parents to offspring.

• traits

• food & water

• inheritance & money

• diseases

Gregor Mendel is often called _____________. This is due to his experiments with pea plant genetics.

• The Father of Heredity
• The King of Peas
• The Father of Genetics
• The Father of Modern DNA

A trait that is always expressed if present is _____________________.

• recessive

• dominant

• strong

• true

A feature regulated by a set of genes (allele) passed on

from parents to offspring. Also called inherited traits.

• Heterozygous

• Mendel

• Chromosome

• Traits

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Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express
• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats
• a characteristic that is passed on from one's parents
• a characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings

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Heterozygous means what?

• same

• different

• AA

• combination of both genes

Organisms that always produce offspring with the same traits are known as

• purebred
• hybrid
• dominant trait
• recessive trait

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The Italian monk/scientist who first showed

the principles of genetics

• Watson and Crick

• Linnaeus

• Darwin

• Mendel

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Organisms that have inherited two different forms of the same trait, one from each parent

• purebred
• hybrid
• dominant trait
• recessive trait

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A trait that is masked unless 2 copies are present is ________________________.

• recessive

• dominant

• weak

• hidden