Genetics

A possible version of a trait that can be inherited is called a(n)

• allele

• genotype

• phenotype

• chromosome

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Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. What phenotype will be seen with the genotype Pp?

• purple flowers

• purple and white flowers

• white flowers

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Mary is homozygous recessive for freckles. If F for freckles, and f is for no freckles, what is Mary's genotype?

• FF

• Ff

• ff

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If you are studying genetics, then

• you are studying how traits are passed from parents to offspring

• you are studying pea plants

• you are studying how DNA is copied or replicated

• you are studying animals

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What is the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics called?

• Ecology

• Genetics

• Biology

• Physiology

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DNA contains ​ (a)   that is passed from ​ (b)   to ​ (c)   .

• hereditary information

• parent

• offspring

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Which of the following is a characteristic of recessive alleles?

• They always determine the phenotype.

• They are expressed when two copies are present.

• They mask the expression of other alleles.

• They are more common than dominant alleles.

What is the molecule that carries genetic instructions in all living things?

• Protein

• RNA

• DNA

• Lipid

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The same gene can come in different versions, the different versions of a gene are called

(a)  

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

• Traits

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Changes in a DNA sequence is called a ​ (a)  

• mutation

• translation

• transcription

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