Genetics and Heredity Unit Review

Heterozygous is when...

• the alleles are the same
• the alleles are different
• the alleles are absent
• the alleles are present

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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Which statement is true?

• Your DNA is identical to your siblings.

• Your DNA is identical to your father's.

• Your DNA is identical to your mother's.

• Your DNA is unique to you.

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The passing of traits from parent to child is known as _______________.

• heredity

• gene

• DNA

• RNA

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The different forms of a gene are known as ________________.

• Punnett Square

• Chromosomes

• DNA

• Alleles

This trait is represented by a capital letter and always shows up in an organism when the allele is present

• dominant allele

• codominance

• probability

• recessive allele

This trait is represented by a lower case letter and hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• dominant allele

• codominance

• recessive allele

• Punnett Square

The dominant trait is

• yellow pea seeds
• green pea seeds
• there is no dominant seed
• Jolly green giant

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What are the four nitrogen bases?

• adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
• adenine, lysine, prolene, guanine
• arganine, cytosine, lysine, purine
• lysine, cytosine, lucine, guanine

What kind of information does DNA carry?

• genetic
• nuclear
• cell structure
• it doesn't carry any info

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