Genetics

What do we use to find the probability between to alleles?

• Probabilty

• Gene pool

• Heredity chart

• Punnett square

Which type of cell division involves growth and repair?

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Budding

• Gamete

What is another name for sex cells?

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Gametes

• Generation

What is the term we use to describe the likeliness of a trait showing up?

• probability

• chance

• "shot in the dark"

• interhase

The genotype of an organism describes the ____________.

• codons that make up the genes for the organism

• number of genes on the organism's chromosomes

• genetic make up of a trait

• type of chromosome present in the nucleus

Matt is a tall eleven year old boy. He has a scar on his left cheek. He is very intelligent and an excellent drummer. Which trait did he MOST LIKELY inherit?

• His height

• His scar on his cheek

• His intelligence

• His ability to play drums

IN MUSSELS, THE ALLELE FOR BROWN COLORING (B) IS DOMINANT, AND THE ALLELE FOR BLUE COLORING (b) IS RECESSIVE. FOR WHICH PARENTAL GENOTYPES ARE 100% OF THE OFFSPRING EXPECTED TO BE BLUE?

• Bb x Bb

• BB x bb

• bb x bb

• BB x BB

GARDEN PEA PLANTS CAN HAVE YELLOW SEEDS OR GREEN SEEDS. IN A PEA PLANT THAT IS HETEROZYGOUS FOR SEED COLOR, THE ALLELE FOR YELLOW SEEDS MASKS THE EFFECTS OF THE ALLELE FOR GREEN SEEDS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS BEST DESCRIBE THE ALLELE FOR YELLOW SEEDS?

• co-dominant

• dominant

• recessive

• sex-linked

IN GUINEA PIGS, THE ALLELE FOR BLACK HAIR (B) IS DOMINANT TO THE ALLELE FOR BROWN HAIR (b). TWO BLACK-HAIRED GUINEA PIGS ARE CROSSED. ONE OF THE GUINEA PIGS IS HOMOZYGOUS FOR BLACK HAIR AND ONE IS HETEROZYGOUS. WHAT PERCENT OF THE OFFSPRING ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE BLACK HAIR?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

What trait would a beaver get from it's parent?

• eating bark from a tree

• sitting under a tree

• eating insects from logs

• having a flat tail and brown eyes