Heredity

What is NOT an inherited trait of humans?

• Favorite type of music
• Freckles
• Hair color
• Height

What is a trait that is passed from parents to offspring before the offspring is born?

• Learned behavior
• Acquired trait
• Inherited trait
• Offspring

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What is genetics?

• The study of DNA nucleotides
• The study of heredity
• The study of a cell dividing into 2
• The study of eye color

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After Mendel died scientists began to recognize the importance of his ideas. They called him a name. What was that name?

• Father of genes
• Father of heredity
• Father of genetics
• Father of traits

What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
• a piece of clothing
• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

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What is a dominant allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

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The physical traits of an organism

• Teletype
• Genotype
• Mesotype
• Phenotype

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The genes of an organism

• Mesotype
• Phenotype
• Teletype
• Genotype

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This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

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