Unit 8 Genetics

Mutations can be...

• Harmful

• Beneficial

• Neutral

• All of the Above

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What is true about phenotype?

• Physical Traits

• The DNA strand

• The genes

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All cells express all genes at one time.

• True

• False

A permanent error in DNA or RNA is called...

• A mutation

• Transcription

• Polymerase

• Misfunction

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What is the correct way to describe a polygenic trait?

• A trait with many alleles for one gene

• many genes at one location for a trait

• many genes at several locations for one trait

• many DNA strands for a single trait

This type of mutation occurs when part of a chromosome is added "backwards" meaning the genes would be read in reverse order.

• Insertion

• Inversion

• Translocation

• Deletion

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This type of mutation occurs when part of a chromosome is broken off and incorrectly added to a different chromosome.

• Insertion

• Inversion

• Translocation

• Deletion

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What chromosomal mutation would cause the most harm?

• Inversion

• Translocation

• Duplication

• Deletion

Who is the founding father of genetics creating the understanding of inheritance of genes.

• Greger Mendel

• Charles Darwin

• Frankinstein

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In pea plants, the tall allele is dominant to the short allele. What key would demonstrate this?

• Tall = T
  Short = S
• Tall = T
  Short = t
• Tall = t
  Short = T
• Tall = TT
  Short = tt

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