Genetics

phenotypes that is a blend of the heterozygous gene pair

• incomplete dominance
• multiple alleles
• regulatory genes

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous genes
• mutated DNA

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Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

• Gregor Mendel
• Reginald Punnett
• James Watson
• Justin Bieber

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How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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Is this punnet square true or false?

• False, because there should be 3 dominate alleles.
• True.
• False, because There should be 3 recessive alleles.
• I don't know....

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The genetic characteristics of recessive genes

• tend to mask the characteristics of dominant genes.
• are always expressed in the phenotype.
• are usually codominant.
• tend to be masked by the characteristics of dominant genes.

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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What gender has an X and a Y chromosome?

• male
• female
• transgender 
• all of the above

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If this image were real, it would represent what type of inheritance?

• incomplete dominance
• codominance
• polygenic inheritance
• compete dominance

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What do you call the non-Mendelian inheritance pattern that states that neither trait is dominant and the traits appear to blend together?

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance
• Polygenic traits