Simple Mendelian and Codominance

The genetic makeup of the flower is ______.

• homozygous dominant
• heterozygous
• pink
• homozygous recessive

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In a ____________ cross, one pair of contrasting traits are being crossed.

• monohybrid
• dihybrid
• trihybrid
• quadhybrid

What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 

• Incomplete Dominance
• Co-Dominance
• Mendelian Inheritance
• Homozygous Inheritance

A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

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This type of inheritance pattern shows BOTH traits in possible offspring.

• complete dominance
• incomplete dominance
• co-dominance
• dominant pattern

Snap dragon color is a incomplete dominant trait.  A red flower (RR) is crossed with white flower (rr)? What color are flowers that are Rr?

• Red
• Red and White
• White
• Pink

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AB blood type is an example of what type of inheritance?

• complete dominance
• incomplete dominance
• codominance
• polygenic inheritance

What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have? Use a Punnett square if you need to.

• O and AB
• O and A
• O and B
• A and B

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If a woman has type A blood and her child has type O blood, the father must have which of the following blood types?

• A, B, or O
• A or O
• AB or B
• O only

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If a red biobug and a white biobug mate, their babies have red and white spots. This is most likely due to what pattern of inheritance?

• Dominant inheritance

• Co-dominant inheritance

• Incomplete inheritance

• Polygenic inheritance