Bio Unit 6 Genetics Test HON

Why are pea plants a good model for studying genetics?

Choose TWO

• They reproduce quickly
• They produce lots of offspring
• They produce few offspring

• They take a long time to reproduce

Characteristics such as seed color are determined by ​ (a)  

Yellow and green seed colors are determined by ​ (b)  

The allele for round seeds is ​ (c)   to the allele for wrinkled.

• genes
• alleles
• dominant
• recessive

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What percentage of the parent generation was green?

(a)  

• 0

• 50
• 100

• no way to tell

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What is it called when alleles separate into gametes?

(a)  

• segregation
• integration

• fertilization

• inheritance

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What is the probability of a green offspring in this cross?

(a)  

• 0/4

  (0)

• 1/4

• 2/4

  (1/2)

• 3/4
• 4/4

  (1)

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) genotype

,

(b) phenotype

• GG

• yellow

• Gg

• physical trait

• gg

• green

• genetic makeup

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What type of inheritance pattern is shown here?

(a)  

• Codominance
• Incomplete dominance

• Multiple Alleles
• Polygenic Trait

A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?

(a)  

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

What is the genotype of a person with type A blood, who had a father with type O blood? (a)  

• AB
• AO
• AA
• OO

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What type of inheritance is determined by multiple genes and there can be a range of traits?

(a)  

• Codominance

• Incomplete dominance

• Polygenic traits

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