Quiz about Beyond Mendelian Genetics

Question 1

What is heredity?

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The passing down of traits from parents to children

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A kind of genetic disorder

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The way DNA divides

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A trait you inherit from your parents

Question 2

What is the relationship between DNA and chromosomes?

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Chromosomes are made of DNA

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DNA is made of chromosomes

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DNA and chromosomes are the same thing.

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All of the above are correct

Question 3

How many pairs of chromosomes exist in each of your cells?

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23

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10

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12

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46

Question 4

Why are your chromosomes arranged in pairs?

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Because you get one from your mom and one from your dad

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Scientists have no idea

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Because pairs can divide easier

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Because DNA is awesome

Question 5

Besides genetics, what other factors are responsible for how you will grow and develop?

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Nutrition and environment

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How people treat you

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How hard you study

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What your parents look like

Question 6

Which of the following alleles is homozygous (purebred) recessive?

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tt

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Tt

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TT

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t

Question 7

Which of the following is a phenotype?

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red hair

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Aa

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heterozygous genes

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mutated DNA

Question 8

Aa is

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heterozygous (hybrid)

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homozygous (purebred)

Question 9

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

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gg

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GG

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Gg

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all of the choices result in yellow

Question 10

Who is considered the "father of genetics"?

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Gregor Mendel

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Reginald Punnett

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James Watson

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Justin Bieber

Question 11

T = tall an t = short
What is the phenotype for Tt?

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tall

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short

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medium sized

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neither tall or short

Question 12

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

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2

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1

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3

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4

Question 13

How many alleles (letters) does a child get from each parent for each trait?

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1

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2

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3

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4

Question 14

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

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tt

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Tt

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Bb

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TT

Question 15

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

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YY

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Yy

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Y

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yy

Question 16

In a Punnett square each box represents a(n)....

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offspring

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parent

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gene

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trait

Question 17

A brown rooster and a white chickenproduced this speckled offspring:

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Codominance

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Incomplete dominance

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Complete dominance

Question 18

A black male and white female produced this grey offspring:

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Incomplete dominance

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Codominance

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Complete dominance

Question 19

A long-haired female rabbit and a short-haired male rabbit produced this offspring with a medium-length coat:

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Incomplete dominance

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Codominance

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Complete dominance

Question 20

A pink flower and a white flower produced this offspring:

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Codominance

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Incomplete dominance

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Complete dominance

Question 21

A pink flower and a white flower produced this offspring:

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Codominance

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Incomplete dominance

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Complete dominance

Question 22

If two parents are heterozygous for type A blood, what is the probability that their offspring would have type O blood?

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25%

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100 %

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75%

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50%

Question 23

If a father is AA and a mother is AB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood?

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50%

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0%

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25%

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75%

Question 24

If two parents have type AB blood, what is the probability that their child will have type O blood?

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0%

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25%

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50%

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100%

Question 25

Jim has type AB blood. His dad could be type O.

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False

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True

Question 26

What type of inheritance is determined by multiple genes and there can be a range of traits?

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Polygenic traits

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Codominance

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Incomplete dominance

Question 27

A single gene has 3 or more alleles. These are called

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multiple alleles

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multiple genes

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codominance

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polygenic traits

Question 28

AB blood type is an example of what type of inheritance? Both alleles show in the phenotype

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codominance

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complete dominance

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incomplete dominance

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polygenic inheritance

Question 29

This is when a trait is controlled by more than one gene.

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Polygenetic inheritance

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Multiple alleles

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Codominance

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Incomplete Dominance

Question 30

Examples include skin color and height (the individual's phenotype exists somewhere along a spectrum)

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polygenic inheritance

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multiple alleles

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linked genes

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incomplete dominance

Question 31

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X ^R X ^r?

Accepted Answer

female with red eyes

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male with white eyes

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male with red eyes

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female with white eyes

Question 32

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X ^R Y ?

Accepted Answer

male with red eyes

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male with white eyes

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female with white eyes

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female with red eyes

Question 33

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red is dominant to white. What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X ^R X ^R?

Accepted Answer

female with red eyes

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male with red eyes

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male with white eyes

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female with white eyes

Question 34

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X ^rY ?

Accepted Answer

male with white eyes

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male with red eyes

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female with red eyes

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female with white eyes

Question 35

What are the genotypes of these flies:

white eyed, male ?

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X r Y

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X R X r

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X R X R

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Xr X r

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XR Y

Question 36

Look at this cross: X^BX^B x X^bY

What proportion/percent of the male children are colorblind?

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0%

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100%

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75%

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25%

Question 37

Look at this cross: X^BX^b x X^BY

What proportion of the male children are colorblind?

Accepted Answer

50%

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100%

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75%

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25%

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