Genetics Quiz

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

Heterozygous is when...

• the alleles are the same
• the alleles are different
• the alleles are absent
• the alleles are present

Which of the following alleles is homozygous (purebred) recessive?

• Tt
• tt
• TT
• t

Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

• genotypes
• phenotypes

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

• A
• Aa
• AA
• aa

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

• Bb
• BB
• bb
• B

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

• rr
• R
• RR
• RR or Rr

How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How many alleles (letters) does a child get from each parent for each trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous
• DNA