Chapter 11 Test

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

• Alexis Glen

• Gregor Mendel

• Sasia King

• Kenesha Hines Stevenson

• Augustus Moore

What type of "square" helps us solve genetic problems?

• carpenter square
• Mendel square
• Punnett square
• genetic square

TT,tt,PP,pp,SS,ss are examples of alleles that are?

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• different
• homologous 

The exact genetic makeup of an organism, such as RR, Tt, PP is its?

• phenotype
• dominance
• genotype
• trait

Y for yellow body is dominant over y for blue body.  What alleles would produce yellow bodies?

• YY,yy
• Yy,yy
• YY only
• YY,Yy

If "T" is the allele for tall and "t" is the allele for short, then Tt would produce?

• tall
• short
• medium
• not enough info

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

• Tt
• tt
• TT
• t

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

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• Yy
• Y
• yy
• YY