Open Sci Ed Genetics

Which statement about DNA is true?

• Different people can have the same copy of DNA in their cells.

• DNA is made up of genes that carry hereditary information.

• DNA controls the genotype but not the phenotype of an organism.

• DNA controls the genotype only in the second and third generations.

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What relationship exists between genes and chromosomes?

• Genes are located on chromosomes which are found in the nucleus of cells.

• Genes produce chromosomes which transmit traits from one generation to another.

• Genes are made up of chromosomes which move from the nucleus to the cytoplasm.

• Genes and chromosomes produce alleles which determine the phenotype of offspring.

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James has blue eyes like his father and a widow's peak like his mother. What explains James having similar traits as his parents?

• living together with his parents

• performing similar activities like his parents

• observing and learning from his parents

• inheritance of genes from his parents

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Which statement summarizes the relationship between chromosomes, DNA, and genes?

• Genes compose the DNA located on the chromosomes.

• DNA makes up the genes located on the chromosomes.

• DNA makes up the chromosomes located on genes.

• Chromosomes make up the genes located on the DNA.

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Scientific study of heredity

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Anatomy

• Biology

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The scientific study of heredity.

• Biology

• Gene Therapy

• Genetic Counseling

• Genetics

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A complex molecule (double helix - “twisted staircase”) that carries the code for organisms’ traits, which is passed on from generation to generation.

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Who is the Father of Genetics?

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einsten

• Albert Wegener

The "Father of Modern Genetics"

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

• Rudolph Virchow

• Sir Isaac Newton

The father of genetics.

• Mendel

• Kodak Black

• Napolean

• EM Tiffany