Inheritance lockdown

What are small stretches of DNA that code for traits

• Nucleus
• Chromosomes
• Gene
• Centromeres

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Where is all the genetic information in a cell?

• Nucleus
• Nucleotides
• Chromosomes
• Cytoplasm

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What does DNA stand for?

• Deoxyribonucleic Acid
• Deoxyribose Enzymes
• Deoxyribose Messenger 
• Retro deoxyribose Acis

Which answer contains the heterozygous genotype?

• AA

• aa

• Aa

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Which of the following would be coded in your DNA?

• proteins and hormones
• athletic ability
• reading and speaking
• dance routines

One form of a gene is called_______________

• a DNA
• a Phenotype
• a trait
• an allele

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Why does Scar have a scar but his brother Mufasa does not?

• Mufasa did not inherit it

• The scar gene skipped a generation

• The scar is an environmental trait

• Mufasa is not his brother

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The phenotype is the _______________.

• physical appearance of an organism
• Genetic makeup 
• Alleles acquired from a specific parent.

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An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

How much of your DNA do you inherit from your mom?

• 10%
• 25%
• 50%
• it varies

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