Function and inheritance of genes

What is the relationship between chromosomes and genes?

• Chromosomes and genes are completely independent.

• Genes are segments of DNA found in chromosomes.

• Genes are cellular structures while chromosomes are protein molecules.

• Chromosomes are segments of DNA found in genes.

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What does it mean for individuals to have unique and common traits?

• Individuals have common traits but not unique ones

• Individuals do not have unique or common traits

• Individuals only have common traits

• Individuals having unique and common traits means they have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from each other, but also share similarities that classify them into specific groups.

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Which of the following human characteristics shows discrete variation?

• Blood group

• Body mass

• Height

• Hair length

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What term describes a trait that is influenced by multiple genes?

• Genotype

• Heterozygous

• Polygenic

• Homozygous

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What form of variation do different breeds of dogs show?

• multiple variation

• Continuous and discrete variation

• Discrete variation

• Continuous variation

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What term can be used to describe a person's hair color or a dog's coat pattern?

• Monogenic

• Polygenic

• Phenotype

• Genotype

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Which of the following scenarios represents a situation where a child inherits one gene for tallness and one gene for shortness?

• tT

• tt

• Tt

• TT

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What name is given to different forms of the same gene?

• Phenotypes

• Genotypes

• Gametes

• Alleles

If a person inherits a dominant allele for brown hair from one parent and a recessive allele for blonde hair from their other parent, which hair color will they show?

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• Brown hair only

• Blonde hair only

• Brown and blonde hair

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What is the full form of DNA?

• Deoxynucleic acid

• Duoribonucleic acid

• Deoxyribonucleic acid

• Dextrayribonucleic acid