Genetics and Biodiversity

The passing of genetic material from parents to offspring (children)

• traits

• characteristics

• heredity

• phenotype

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This scientist conducted experiments with pea plants to study how genetics and heredity work. He is known as the “Father of Genetics”.

• John Dalton

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

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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An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

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What is a phenotype

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

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having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

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Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?

• 0 %
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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Snapdragon flowers come in red, pink and white.  What type of inheritance is this?

• Complete Dominance
• Incomplete Dominance
• Codominance
• Polygenic Inheritance

Incomplete dominance means that the traits are

• expressed equally
• dominant
• recessive
• blended

Incomplete dominance means that the traits are

• expressed equally
• dominant
• recessive
• blended