Genetics and Pedigree Charts

What is this?

• Pedigree

• Karyotype

• Venn diagram

• Punnett Square

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How many females show the trait?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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How many females are in this pedigree?

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 7

What is a pedigree chart used for in genetics?

• To determine the age of fossils

• To track the inheritance of traits through generations

• To measure the length of DNA strands

• To identify the sequence of nucleotides in DNA

How many of the males in this pedigree show the trait being studied?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 6

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How many generations are shown in this pedigree?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Gregor Mendel developed some basic principles of heredity by ______________.

• breeding fruit flies

• cutting off the tails of mice

• crossing pea plants

• growing bacteria in a laboratory

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Phenotype refers to the _________ of an individual

• genetic makeup

• physical appearance

• recessive alleles

• dominant alleles

Which of these would best be described as a phenotype?

• blue eyes

• mutation

• Bb

• Tt

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene

• lowercase letter

• recessive trait

• capital letter