Mendels Peas

Born in 1822, _____ is the Austrian monk known as the father of genetics.

• Gregor Mendel

• Matthias Schleiden

• Theodor Schwann

• Rudolph Virchow

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Yy is an example of...

• A heteroygous phenotype

• A heterozygous genotype

• A homozygous phenotype

• A homozygous genotype

YY is an example of...

• A heterozygous phenotype

• A homozygous phenotype

• A homozygous genotype

• A heterozygous genotype

Each pea plant had _____alleles for each trait.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Gregor Mendel’s principles of genetics apply to

• plants only
• animals only 
• pea plants only 
• all organisms that reproduce sexually

Mendel used pea plants to study heredity because they ______________ quickly.

• develop

• grow

• evolve

• reproduce

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Mendel used pea plants to study heredity because he could control which pairs of plants were allowed to _____________.

• develop

• grow

• evolve

• reproduce

The physical appearance or the way a gene looks is known as it's....

• genotype
• allele
• gene
• phenotype

The mathematical chance that something will happen is known as...

• chance
• luck
• probability

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The different forms of genes are known as

• environment
• probability
• traits
• alleles