Mendelian Genetics Quiz

Who was Gregor Mendel?

• The Father of Evolution

• The Father of Modern Genetics

• Discovered Mendelism

• He is a mystical being

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What ground breaking work in science did Gregor Mendel do?

• He was an Austrian monk

• He bred pea plants together and came up with this idea of traits

• He came up with the idea of Natural Selection

• Mystical being

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How are traits passed down from parents to offspring?

• RNA

• Proteins

• DNA

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How could albino animals be born to parents that are not albinos?

• Recessive genes

• They cant, it is impossible

• Mutation

• Recessive genes and mutations

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An example of a HETEROZYGOUS genotype is

• ff

• FF

• Ff

• Fd

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EE or Ee is an example of which type of genotype?

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Dominant

• Recessive

What is the genotype for the DOMINANT form(s) for earlobes?

• ee

• EE

• Ee

• EE and Ee

What are the four nitrogenous bases in DNA?

• Thymine

• Guanine

• Adenine

• Cytosine

How is the structure of DNA described as?

• Single stranded

• A circle

• A swirl

• Double helix

Which scientists are most famous for discovering the structure of DNA?

• Watson and Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Rosalind Franklin

• Avery