Genetics Quiz

If a capital letter is used, the trait is (a)   .

If a lower case letter is used, the trait is (a)   ,

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You have ​ (a)   alleles for every trait. One came from your ​ (b)   and the other came from your ​ (c)   .

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• TWO
• mother
• father
• ONE
• FOUR

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If both alleles are dominant, AA, it is called __________.

• Hybrid

• Purebread

If one allele is dominant and the other is recessive, Aa, it is called a __________.

• Hybrid

• Purebread

If both alleles are recessive, aa, it is called __________.

• Purebread

• Hybrid

In dogs, short hair (H) is dominant to long hair (h). Complete the Punnett square to show the combinations a homozygous dominant mom and a heterozygous dad create.

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In fruit flies, red eyes are dominant (E). White eyes are recessive (e). If the female fly has white eyes and the male fly has homozygous dominant red eyes, what are the possible phenotypes and genotypes of their offspring? (select all that apply)

• Ee- White Eyes

• EE-Red Eyes

• Ee- Red Eyes

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Match each of Mendel's Laws of Inheritance to the correct description.

• Law of Independent Assortment

• If there is a capital letter, it will mask the lowercase one.

• Law of Inheritance

• Each trait is passed down independently of one another

• Law of Dominance

• • Each inherited trait is defined by ALLELES 

  (One from each parent)

Match the following

• Physical expression of a gene

• Genotype

• Letters showing the genetic makeup

• Heterozygous

• Gg

• Homozygous Recessive

• GG

• Homozygous Dominant

• gg

• Phenotype

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