Genetics and Dominance Quiz

“neither”; neither trait is shown

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

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“or”; only one trait is shown

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

“and”; both traits are shown

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

A red snapdragon flower is crossed with a white snapdragon flower, and all of the offspring are pink.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic Dominance

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Leopold just got told he has 2 months to live, so he decided to try new food. His father never liked salsa, though his mother did, so he did not have any growing up. In his curiosity, he tried it and it tasted like soapy tomatoes.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

A father and a mother can both see color, however, their son is red-green color blind.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

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Tay-Sachs syndrome happens when the dominant allele does not overpower the recessive and as a result the individual does not create enzymes to break down the lipids in the brain.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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A mother with A+ blood and a father with B- blood has a baby with AB+ blood.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In humans, curly hair is dominant over straight hair, but the child of a parent with each has wavy hair.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The homozygous Camellia flower is pink or white, but the heterozygous flower is pink and white.

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Basic dominance