Genetics pt2

What is heredity?

• A kind of genetic disorder
• The way DNA divides
• A trait you inherit from your parents
• The passing down of traits from parents to children

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Which statement is true?

• Your DNA is the same as your siblings.
• Your set of DNA is identical to your mothers.
• Your set of DNA is identical to your fathers.
• Your DNA is unique to you.

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Put in order smallest to largest:

• Chromosome - DNA - Gene
• Gene - DNA - Chromosome 
• DNA - Gene  Chromosome
• Chromosome - Gene  - DNA

What is a hybrid?

• An organism with two different alleles for a trait.

• An organism with the same alleles for a trait.

• A homozygous individual

• A purebred

Which of the following is heterozygous

• FF
• tt
• Gg
• RR

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Which of the following is homozygous recessive?

• rr
• AA
• TT
• Ff

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What does the prefix hetero- in heterozygous mean?

• same
• different
• dating
• human

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• Jj
• Rr
• MM
• ee

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Genotype and phenotype mean the same thing.

• True

• False

• Who knows?

• Who cares?

Alternative forms of a gene are called

• Alleles
• Homozygous
• DNA
• Genetics

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