Genetics Quiz

What is the formula used to calculate the gene combinations caused by independent assortment?

• 3ⁿ

• 4ⁿ

• 2ⁿ

• 5ⁿ

What is the process of creating hybrids called?

• Polyploidy

• Crossing over

• Inbreeding

• Hybridization

What is the genetic phenomenon that involves an organism having one or more extra sets of chromosomes?

• Triploidy

• Polyploidy

• Diploidy

• Monoploidy

What is the process in which two closely related organisms are bred to have the desired traits and to eliminate the undesired ones in future generations?

• Hybridization

• Inbreeding

• Crossing over

• Polyploidy

What is the term used for an individual who is heterozygous for a recessive disorder?

• Carrier

• Homozygous dominant

• Incomplete dominance

• Homozygous recessive

What is the type of inheritance pattern where neither of the two alleles is completely dominant over the other, resulting in an intermediate phenotype?

• Hybridization

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Polydactyly

What is the classic example of codominance seen in the ABO blood groups?

• Type O blood

• Type AB blood

• Type B blood

• Type A blood

What is the process by which desired traits of certain plants and animals are selected and passed on to their future generations called?

• Selective breeding

• Crossing over

• Gene linkage

• Genetic recombination

What is the term used for the combination of genes created through crossing over and independent assortment?

• Genetic recombination

• Polyploidy

• Selective breeding

• Gene linkage

What is used to trace the inheritance of a particular trait through several generations?

• Test cross

• Chromosome maps

• Pedigree

• Cross-over data