Genetics Pre-Quiz

What does DNA stand for?

• deoxyribonucleic acid

• did not attempt

• digitalnostragluism

Who took an image of DNA?

• Franklin

• Crick

• Watson

• Mendel

This scientist did experiments that showed the pairing of A-T and G-C

• chargaff

• jeffreys

• creighton

• sutton

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity
• trait
• gene
• allele

The "Father of Genetics" is ________________________.

• Thomas Hunt Morgan

• Gregor Mendel

• Friedrich Miescher

• James Watson

An allele is

• another word for a gene

• a homozygous genotype

• a heterozygous genotype

• one of several possible forms of a gene

Phenotype refers to the ______________________ of an individual.

• genetic makeup

• actual physical appearance

• recessive alleles

• dominant alleles

"Tt" is a _______________________.

• Homozygous recessive

• Homozygous dominant

• Heterozygous

"TT" is __________________________.

• Homozygous dominant

• Homozygous recessive

• Heterozygous

"tt" is ____________________________.

• Homozygous dominant

• Homozygous recessive

• Heterozygous