Patterns of Reproduction (A)

What is the type of reproduction in which only one parent is needed, and the offspring are identical to the parent?

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

In what type of asexual reproduction does a new organism form from a piece of the original organism?

• fragmentation

• budding

In what type of asexual reproduction does a new organism grow out of the parent until it is fully mature and breaks off?

• fragmentation

• budding

What holds your genetic material in the nucleus of all your cells?

• chromosomes

• the golgi apparatus

• the cytoplasm

Chromosomes are made of _________, and found in the __________ of your cells.

• cells, nucleus

• DNA, ribosomes

• DNA, nucleus

What do you call one segment (piece) of DNA that codes for one genetic trait?

• a chromosome

• a gene

Which of the following pictures shows a gene circled in black?

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This type of allele will ALWAYS be expressed (shown) as a trait whenever it is present.

• a recessive allele

• a dominant allele

This type of allele will ONLY be expressed (shown) when there are two of them.

• recessive allele

• dominant allele

A person has 2 dominant alleles for right-handedness (RR). What is another word we can use to describe them?

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous