South Carolina Genetics and Heredity

The inherited combination of alleles is called the ______

• genotype
• phenotype
• chromosome
• DNA

An organism's inherited appearance is called _______.

• genotype
• phenotype
• chromosome
• DNA

Different forms of a single gene are called a(n) _________.

• gene
• chromosome
• allele
• genotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. What would the phenotype for a flower with genotype pp be?

• purple
• white
• pink
• yellow

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. What would the phenotype for a flower with genotype Pp be?

• purple
• white
• pink
• yellow

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. What would the phenotype for a flower with genotype PP be?

• purple
• white
• pink
• yellow

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A trait that is apparent only when two recessive alleles for the same characteristic are inherited is called

• dominant
• recessive
• homozygous
• heterozygous

If a gene has dissimilar pairs of alelles for any hereditary characteristic it is called

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• codominant
• dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

TRUE OR FALSE: A coiled structure of DNA and protein that forms in the cell nucleus during cell division is called a chromosome.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

TRUE OR FALSE: If at least one allele is a capital letter in the pair of genes, the recessive trait will be dominant.

• True
• False