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Genetics: Complex Inheritance

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A bubble guppy with a yellow tail has offspring with a bubble guppy with a red tail. The offspring have orange tails. What is this an example of?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Triats

2.

When red cattle are crossed with white cattle the offspring are roan (a mixture of red and white). What is this called?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic

3.

There are many different alleles for fur color in cats. What is this an example of?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Traits

4.

If mom has type AB blood and dad has type B blood, can the baby have type O blood?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

In the winter, the fur of this arctic fox will turn white. Is this due to genetics, the environment, or both?

a)

genetics

b)

environment

c)

both

6.

Two parents are carriers of a genetic disease. This means they are ____.

a)

homozygous

b)

homozygous dominant

c)

homozygous recessive

d)

heterozygous

7.

Hemophilia is a sex-linked trait. Are males or females more likely to exhibit this trait?

a)

Males

b)

Females

c)

Females cannot have hemophilia.

d)

Males cannot have hemophilia.

8.

A man is homozygous dominant for a trait that is autosomal. He has two sons and a daughter. Do all three children exhibit the trait.

a)

No, only sons exhibit the trait.

b)

No, on the daughter exhibits the trait.

c)

No, none of his children exhibit the trait.

d)

Yes, all three children exhibit the trait.

9.

Many genes impact human skin color. This means skin color is ______.

a)

codominant

b)

incompletely dominant

c)

polygenic

d)

has multiple alleles

10.

If a summer squash has a dominant Y allele it will always produce white squash even if it has other genes that code for white or yellow squash. What is this an example of?

a)

recessivness

b)

dominance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

epistasis