Genetics Facts and Fallacies

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

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An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

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Which of the following is a phenotype?

• BB
• Bb
• bb
• Blue eyes

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What is a phenotype

• The genetic make up (code)
• The physical trait

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the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring.

• heredity
• trait
• gene
• allele

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having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?

• 0 %
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

Snapdragon flowers come in red, pink and white.  What type of inheritance is this?

• Complete Dominance
• Incomplete Dominance
• Codominance
• Polygenic Inheritance