Gregor Mendel and Genetics

The study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring is called _____.

• ancestry

• biology

• genetics

• heredity

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_____ _____ was an Austrian monk and botanist who launched the science of genetics, studied pea plants extensively, considered the "Father of Genetics."

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Norton Zinder

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____ is the passing of traits from one generation to another

• Ancestry

• Biology

• Genetics

• Heredity

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A person who studies genetics is known as a _____.

• ancestralist

• biologist

• geneticist

• hereditarianist

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_____ are units of heredity made up of DNA.

• Centrioles

• Chromosomes

• Dnatoms

• Genes

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One of a pair of genes responsible for contrasting traits is called a/n _____.

• allele

• characteristic

• chromosome

• gamete

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A/n _____ trait is a trait that prevents or masks the showing of another trait.

• controlling

• dominant

• influential

• superior

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A trait that is hidden by the presence of a dominant trait is known as a _____ trait.

• coy

• demure

• modest

• recessive

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_____ is the likelihood that a given event will occur.

• Expectation

• Odds

• Possibility

• Probability

In genetics, an organism that carries both a dominant and recessive allele for the same trait is called a/n _____.

• amalgam

• blend

• cross

• hybrid

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