Genetics Quiz

TT; big letters are ___________

• recessive

• dominant

• nothing

tt, small letters are ______

• DNA

• dominant

• recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB
• Bb
• bb
• Blue eyes

What is a phenotype

• The genetic make up (code)
• The physical trait

An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

• Purple
• Green
• GG
• gg

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Brown fur color is dominant over black fur color. Which of the following is the actual genotype of ALL of the offspring in the next generation of this cross for fur color?
AA x aa

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• brown fur

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What goes in box 3

• Aabb

• Abab

• AAbb

• aaBb

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Match the following combinations of alleles:

• Dd

• Homozygous recessive

• dd

• Heterozygous

• DD

• Homozygous dominant