Genetics

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

• Einstein

• Mendel

• Disney

• Washington

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

A physical characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring.

• behavior
• trait
• strong muscles
• ability to fly a plane.

A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

• inherited trait
• chromosome
• pedigree
• DNA

One of the threadlike structures in the nucleus of a cell that contain directions for the cell's activities

• variation
• pedigree
• DNA
• chromosome

The passing of inherited traits from parents to offspring

• acquired traits
• inherited traits
• heredity
• genetics

Deoxyribonucleic acid, a long, complex molecule that controls heredity

• inherited trait
• chromosome
• DNA
• pedigree

The study of Heredity

• science
• genetics
• english
• gene