Genetics Quiz

A Genotype refers to

• Physical expression of genes

• How an organism will appear

• Whether an allele is dominant or recessive

• Genetic makeup of a particular organism

An allele whose trait always shows up when the allele is present is

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Ratio

• Homozygous

All living things have DNA. Heredity is the passing of traits from parents to offspring. Which trait is being passed down in this family?

• hair cuts

• tattoos

• hair color

• scars

The possibility of genetic traits being passed from parent to offspring is

• Gene

• Trait

• Mutation

• Heredity

Mutations can be

• Beneficial to an organism

• Neutral to an organism

• Harmful to an organism

• They can be any of the above.

Different forms of a gene

• Chromosome

• Trait

• Homozygous

• Allele

A change in a gene or chromosome is

• Mutation

• Phenotype

• Recessive

• Heredity

The study of Heredity

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• genetics
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• gene

An allele trait that only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• Dominant allele

• Recessive allele

• Hidden allele

• Mutation

What is one advantage of sexual reproduction over asexual reproduction?

• Offspring inherit a wider variety of genetic material.

• Offspring are identical to parents.

• Offspring are born alive, rather than from eggs.

• Parents can produce more offspring than through asexual reproduction