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Genetics and Meiosis

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 44mins

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1.

Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement. Patients with Parkinson's disease often have tremors. Parkinson's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder.


Suppose that Teresa's genotype is (Pp) and her husband's genotype is (pp). What are the chances that their son, Richard, will also have Parkinson's?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

2.

Horses can have different coat colors. Assume that coat color in horses is determined by a single gene and that the allele for a black coat (B) is dominant over the allele for a red coat (b). In a cross between two horses that have red coats, what percentage of the offspring will have black coats?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

3.

Kangaroos are common animals in Australia. Most kangaroos have a light brown coat but every once in a while a kangaroo might be born with a genetic condition called albinism in which their coat is white. Albinism is a recessive disorder. If two kangaroos with normal coat coloring mate and have an albino kangaroo, what can we say about their genotypes?

a)

Both parents are homozygous dominant

b)

Both parents are heterozygous

c)

Both parents are homozygous recessive

d)

There is not enough information to determine the genotype of the parents

4.

In humans, brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes. A homozygous brown-eyed human (BB) is crossed with a homozygous blue-eyed human (bb). What is the predicted phenotypes of the offspring?

a)

All offspring will have blue eyes

b)

All offspring will have brown eyes

c)

Of the offspring, 75% will have blue eyes and 25% will have brown eyes

d)

Of the offspring, 75% will have brown eyes and 25% will have blue eyes

5.

What is the genotype of individual 5 in generation III?

a)

FF

b)

Ff

c)

ff

d)

The genotype cannot be determined from the information provided

6.

Blahblah birds are a common bird in the forests of Oz. A cross between a blue blahblah bird (BB) and a white blahblah bird (WW) produces offspring that are silver (BW). What kind of inheritance pattern is this called?

a)

Classic dominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Codominance

d)

Sex-linked trait

7.

The eye color of Drosophila fruit flies is an x-linked trait. Read eyes (R) are dominant over white eyes (r). In a cross between a white eyed female and a red eyed male, what will be their phenotypes of their offspring?

a)

All offspring will have white eyes

b)

All females will have red eyes and all males will have white eyes

c)

All males will have red eyes and all females will have white eyes

d)

Half of the males and females will have red eyes and half of the males and females will have white eyes

8.

What will most likely cause a mutation that will be passed on to future offspring?

a)

A gamete with one less chromosome

b)

Vaping smoke altering a single gene in the lungs

c)

Acid spill altering nerve cell function

d)

Chemotherapy changing the DNA sequence in heart cells

9.

Gametes must be _________ because ___________.

a)

haploid; two gametes will unite during fertilization to create a diploid zygote

b)

diploid; two gametes will unite during fertilization to create a diploid zygote

c)

haploid; two gametes unite during fertilization to create a haploid zygote

d)

diploid; two gametes unite during fertilization to create a haploid zygote

10.

How is this trait inherited?

a)

Autosomal dominant

b)

Autosomal recessive

c)

Sex-linked dominant

d)

Sex-linked recessive

11.

At the end of Meiotic cell division, the gametes that produce sperm and egg cells are _________ by ___________%

a)

increased; 50%

b)

increased; 25%

c)

decreased; 50%

d)

decreased; 25%

12.

In Four-O'Clock flowers, flower color is incompletely dominant. Flower color can be red (R), white (W), or pink (RW). Cross a red flower with a pink flower. What is the phenotypic ratio of the potential offspring?

a)

4:0

b)

3:1

c)

2:2

d)

1:2:1

13.

Inheritance of traits is determined by _________.

a)

a factor that only involves the mother

b)

a factor that only involves the father

c)

two factors that involve both parents

d)

random chance involving no individuals

14.

If a woman is heterozygous (Aa) for a trait, what would her eggs contain

a)

100% of her eggs would contain both alleles

b)

50% of her eggs would contain the dominant (A) allele and 50% of her eggs would contain the recessive (a) allele

c)

50% of her eggs would contain two of the dominant (A) alleles and 50% of her eggs would contain two of the recessive (a) alleles

d)

Her eggs would not contain any of the alleles

15.

A duck has two ducklings, one with yellow feathers and a long beak and the other with yellow feathers and a short beak. The fact that the ducklings can have the same feather color but different beak size is explained by the ________.

a)

Principle of Natural Selection

b)

Newton's First Law of Motion

c)

Law of Segregation

d)

Law of Independent Assortment

16.

A roan cow shows both traits for a red coat and a white coat. What kind of allele expression is this?

a)

Complete dominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

c)

Independent assortment

d)

Codominance

17.

Which of Mendel's laws states that allele pairs separate during gamete formation and randomly unite at fertilization?

a)

Law of Incomplete Dominance

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Law of Independent Assortment

d)

Law of Complete Dominance

18.

Cells undergo __________ to produce gametes which result in a ____________ cell.

a)

Mitosis; haploid

b)

Mitosis; diploid

c)

Meiosis; haploid

d)

Meiosis; diploid

19.

Which of Mendel's laws states that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual alleles assort randomly during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of coming together?

a)

Law of Incomplete Dominance

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Law of Independent Assortment

d)

Law of Complete Dominance

20.

In rabbits, white fur (W) is dominant to black (w), and long ears (E) are dominant to short ears (e). What are the expected phenotypes of the rabbit offspring of a rabbit with white fur and long ears (WWEe) is crossed with a rabbit with black fur and short ears (wwee).

a)

50% with white fur and long ears and 50% with white fur and short ears.

b)

50% with white fur and long ears and 50% with black fur and short ears.

c)

75% with white fur and long ears and 25% with black fur and short ears.

d)

75% with white fur and short ears and 25% with black fur and long ears.

21.

A woman with type A blood is claiming that a man with type AB blood is the father of her child, who is also type AB. Could this man be the father?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

A man who has type B blood (genotype: BB) is married to a woman with type O blood. What blood type will their children have?

a)

Type A

b)

Type B

c)

Type AB

d)

Type O