6.3-6.5 Genetics

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

• Einstein

• Mendel

• Hooke

• Darwin

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

"The Great White Shark was 20 feet in length.  Phenotype or Genotype?

• phenotype
• genotype

If "T" is the allele for tall and "t" is the allele for short, then Tt would produce?

• tall
• short
• medium
• not enough info

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

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

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB
• Bb
• bb
• Blue eyes