Genetics Vocabulary Round 2

Brown fur color is dominant over black fur color. Which of the following is the actual genotype of ALL of the offspring in the next generation of this cross for fur color?
AA x aa

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• brown fur

What does a Punnett Square determine?

• all of Mendel's discoveries about genetic crosses

• all the outcomes of a genetic cross

• only the recessive allele combinations

• only the dominant allele combinations

How many chromosomes do humans have?

• 12

• 25

• 46

• 102

A heterozygous yellow pea plant's genotype would be:

• YY
• yy
• Yy
• Yg

The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics 

• gene
• genetics 
• meiosis 
• hybrid 

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB
• Bb
• bb
• Blue eyes

Which of the following genotypes is a purebred?

• Bb
• Gg
• bb
• Dd

Having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey
• water to rain
• parents to offspring
• fungi to protists

Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

• genotypes
• phenotypes