Mendelian Genetics

Who is known as the "father of genetics"?

• Charles Darwin

• Karl Ernst von Baer

• Gregor Mendel

• Francis Franklin

Alleles (example: H or h) are alternative forms of a gene. How many alleles does a baby guinea pig inherit from their mother?

• 1

• 2

• 23

• whichever one is dominant

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Cross 2 heterozygous tall pea plants. Tall (T) is dominant to short (t). What fraction of the offspring do you predict will be tall?

• 1/4

• 2/4

• 3/4

• 4/4

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What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• tT

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Gregor Mendel's "P" generation consisted of purple flower plants crossed with white flower plants. What were the results of this cross?

• All purple flower offspring
• All white flower offspring
• Some purple flowers and some white flowers

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The letters on the TOP AND SIDE of a punnett square represent ______________.

• The combination of alleles in offspring.
• The possible alleles given by the parents following meiosis.
• The genotype and phenotype of offspring.
• The results of genetic mutations in offspring.

What is the predicted percentage of homozygous recessive offspring in this cross?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

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Which of the following is correct?

• Yy is homozygous dominant.

• YY is heterozygous.

• yy is homozygous recessive.

• YY is homozygous recessive.

Which of the following best describes Mendel's law of dominance?

• When an organism has two different alleles of the same gene, both genes will be expressed equally.

• When an organism has two alleles, one of genes will be expressed and the other will be hidden.

• When an organism has two different alleles of the same gene, one will always be dominant.

• The stronger of the two genes will be expressed.