Honors Biology Genetics Review Quizizz

Who is known as the "father of genetics"?

• Charles Darwin

• Karl Ernst von Baer

• Gregor Mendel

• Francis Franklin

Alleles (example: H or h) are alternative forms of a gene. How many alleles does a baby guinea pig inherit from their mother?

• 1

• 2

• 23

• whichever one is dominant

A HETEROZYGOUS individual would have the genotype:

• Hh

• hh

• HH

• Hi

In humans, blue eyes are a recessive trait. What genotype would a blue eyed child have?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• None of the above, brown eyes are dominant.

In pea plants, tall (T) plant alleles are dominant to short (t) plant alleles. If two tall plants (each with the genotype Tt) are crossed, what is the probability that the cross would result in a short pea plant?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

Genes determine the characteristics, or __?__, that an individual can have.

• chromosomes

• cells

• genetics

• traits

Sections of DNA on a chromosome are called:

• nuclei.

• RNA.

• genes.

• traits.

The same gene can come in different versions, the different versions of a gene are called

(a)  

• Alleles
• Chromosomes
• Traits

Which combination is Homozygous Dominant

• HH
• Hh
• hh
• hH

Another word for heterozygous is

• purebred

• hybrid

• dominant

• recessive