Mendel's Genetics

What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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What do we call the result of the genotype (for example, the color of the peas)?

• Visible traits
• Physiotrait
• Genotype 2
• Phenotype

If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

• Purple
• Green
• GG
• gg

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Another word for homozygous is...

• purebred
• hybrid
• heterozygous
• dominant

Tt is-

• homozygous dominant
• homozygous recessive
• heterozygous
• none of these

If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• tT

Gregor Mendel's "P" generation consisted of purple flower plants crossed with white flower plants. What were the results of this cross?

• All purple flower offspring
• All white flower offspring
• Some purple flowers and some white flowers

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A __________ is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait.

• Gene
• Allele
• Codon
• Nucleotide

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Which of the following best describes a GENOTYPE?

• The allele/genetic makeup of an organism.
• The physical expression of a trait.

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Which of the following is an example of a heterozygous genotype?

• RR
• Rr
• rr

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