Genetics: Heredity, Traits, & Inheritance

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

• A) Bb

• B) B

• C) bb

• D) BB

The scientific study of heredity

• A) genes

• B) Gregor Mendel

• C) Punnett Square

• D) Genetics

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How many alleles (letters) do each person carry for a trait?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

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A chart that is used to calculate the probability of an offspring's combination of alleles

• Gene Map

• Gene Guide

• Punnett Square

• Punnett Triangle

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In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

• RR

• RR or Rr

• R

• rr

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The total physical appearance for an individual. Mark only one oval.

• Heterozygous

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Homozygous

Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed? Mark only one oval.

• 75%

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

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The Father of Genetics. Mark only one oval.

• Gene Townsend

• Gregor Mendel

• Gene Sampson

• Reginald Punnett

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• male gene

• capital letter

• recessive trait

• lowercase letter

Which of the following is homozygous recessive?

• yy

• YY

• Yy

• Y

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