AP1 Genetics

Which of the following is a grid used to determine the probability of inheriting a genetic trait?

• Pedigree

• Karyotype

• Punnett square

• Plasmid

The process by which gametes have their chromosome number reduced by half is called

• mitosis

• crossing-over

• meiosis

• linkage

Which of the following is a chart that illustrates the genetic relationship in a family over several generations?

• Pedigree

• Karyotype

• Punnett square

• Plasmid

The scientific study of inheritance is called:

• Genome

• Independent assortment

• Co-dominance

• Genetics

Which of the following genotypes would express the recessive trait?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

Agents that are believed to cause most genetic mutations are called:

• Mutagens

• Pseudogenes

• Proteomes

• Carriers

Which of the following increases genetic variation in the offspring?

• Independent assortment

• Independent assortment and Crossing over

• Crossing over

• Mitosis

Which of the following is not true about the X and Y chromosomes?

• The X chromosome is larger than the Y chromosome.

• The male determines the sex of the offspring.

• Almost all of the sex-linked traits are carried on the Y chromosome

• All of these are true of the X and Y chromosomes.

This is an example of a sex-linked condition.

• Red-green color blindness

• Albinism

• Sickle cell anemia

• Down syndrome

This is the science that describes how environmental factors may result in offspring with genetic traits that cannot be explained by genes alone.

• Genomics

• Pseudogenetics

• Epigenetics

• Proteomics