Genetics, Heredity, and Inheritance Review

The physical appearance or the way a gene looks is known as it's....

• genotype
• allele
• gene
• phenotype

The different forms of genes are known as

• environment
• probability
• traits
• alleles

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An allele or gene that always shows is

• recessive
• dominant
• hidden
• present

Two of the same genes for a trait (sometimes called purebred). BB or bb

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

Two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid). Bb

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

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

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He is known as the father of modern day genetics.

• Gregory Mendel
• Greg Mendel
• Gregor Mendel
• Grace Mendel

Which is a true statements about this picture?

• Brown is recessive
• Brown is dominant
• Blue is dominant
• Blue is codominant

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What are the possible phenotypes in this punnett square?

• Bb, bb, BB
• purple, white
• Bb, bb
• light purple

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What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
• a piece of clothing
• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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