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What is an allele?

• A trait

• Different forms of a gene

• DNA

• Different types of parents

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A person who is homozygous for a trait can have a genotype of....

• AA, Aa

• Aa, aa

• AA, aa

• aa

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If "B" represents brown hair, and "b" represents blond hair, what will the genotype be for a homozygous brown haired person?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If "B" is brown and "b" is blond, what is the phenotype of someone who's genotype is "bb"

• Brown Hair

• Blond Hair

• Red Hair

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If a person is heterozygous for brown hair, what is their genotype?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Heterozygous: Different, Homozygous:_____________

• The same

• Less Than

• Greater Than

• 4 copies

This type of disease CANNOT be spread from person to person

• Contagious

• Infectious

• Genetic

P= purple petals and p= white petals. What genotype(s) would result in purple petals?

• pp

• Pp, pp

• PP, Pp

• PP, pp

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Natural or Artificial? Birds have a variety of beak sizes to help harvest different seeds

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

A version of a gene is called a(n)

• allele

• characteristic

• specific gene

• trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1