Mendelian Genetics and Punnett Squares Quiz

What is the genotype of a hairless guinea pig?

• HH

• Hh

• hh

• H

What does a recessive allele represent?

• A dominant gene

• A gene that will show up

• A gene that is usually hidden

• A gene that will not usually show up

What is the genotype of a guinea pig with hair?

• HH

• Hh

• hh

• H

What does a dominant allele represent?

• A gene that is usually hidden

• A gene that will not usually show up

• A recessive gene

• A gene that will show up

What is the genotype of a homozygous dominant guinea pig?

• H

• hh

• Hh

• HH

What is the genotype of a heterozygous guinea pig?

• Hh

• hh

• H

• HH

What is the root meaning of 'homo' in homozygous?

• Dominant

• Different

• Same

• Recessive

What is the root meaning of 'hetero' in heterozygous?

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Same

• Different

What is the purpose of a Punnett square?

• To determine the phenotype of an organism

• To analyze the dominance of alleles

• To predict the genotype of offspring

• To calculate the probability of traits in offspring

What is the phenotype of a guinea pig with genotype Hh?

• Dominant

• Cannot be determined

• Hair

• Hairless