Genetic Vocabulary Challenge

What is heredity?

• The study of living organisms

• The passing of traits from parent to offspring

• The formation of new species

• The process of cell division

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Who is considered the father of genetics?

• Francis Crick

• James Watson

• Gregor Mendel

• Charles Darwin

What did Gregor Mendel use to study how traits are passed on?

• Mice

• Fruit flies

• Bacteria

• Pea plants

What is an allele?

• A type of cell

• A segment of DNA

• A different form of a gene

• A type of protein

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How are dominant alleles represented?

• With lowercase letters

• With numbers

• With capital letters

• With symbols

What does homozygous mean?

• Having no alleles for a trait

• Having two different alleles for a trait

• Having three alleles for a trait

• Having two identical alleles for a trait

What is the term for having one dominant and one recessive allele?

• Homozygous

• Polyzygous

• Heterozygous

• Monozygous

What does phenotype refer to?

• The number of chromosomes in a cell

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• The physical appearance of an organism

• The process of cell division

What does genotype refer to?

• The genetic makeup of an organism

• The physical traits of an organism

• The environment of an organism

• The diet of an organism

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Which combination of alleles would result in a recessive trait being expressed?

• Big B Big A

• Little B little B

• Big B little B

• Big B Big B

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