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Complex Patterns of Inheritance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

A blue flower is crossed with a red flower and you get a purple flower. Which pattern of inheritance is this?

a)

Incomplete Dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

2.

If both traits are fully and equally expressed, one trait is __________ to the other.

a)

Dominant

b)

Codominant

c)

Incompletely Dominant

d)

Recessive

3.

Chickens with black feathers are crossed with chickens with white feathers. Their offspring have black and white feathers. Which pattern of inheritance is this?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

c)

Multiple Alleles

d)

Polygenic Inheritance

4.

Which of the following is not an allele for blood type?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

O

d)

i

5.

If you have type O blood, what is your blood genotype?

a)

Ai

b)

Bi

c)

OO

d)

ii

6.

If you have type a blood what is your blood genotype?

a)

AA

b)

Ai

c)

AB

d)

Aa

7.

Which blood type is the universal donor? (They can give blood to all other blood types)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

8.

Which blood type is the universal recipient? (They can receive any type of blood.)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

AB

d)

O

9.

Blood type is an example of which two (2) patterns of inheritance?

a)

Multiple Alleles & Codominance

b)

Polygenic Inheritance & Multiple Alleles

c)

Incomplete Dominance & Multiple Polygenic Inheritance

d)

Codominance & Incomplete Dominance

10.

A trait produced by two (2) or more genes is an example of...

a)

Polygenic Inheritance

b)

Multiple Alleles

c)

Codominance

d)

Incomplete Dominance

11.

What is epistasis?

a)

When one gene controls the others

b)

When one gene is recessive to the others

c)

When one gene is codominant to another

d)

When there are multiple alleles for one gene

12.

Why are linked genes not always inherited together?

a)

Crossing over occurs during meiosis

b)

The chromosomes separate during anaphase

c)

Linked genes are on different chromosomes

d)

Genes are always inherited independently

13.

If someone is a biological male, what are their sex chromosomes?

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

AB

d)

23

14.

Why does the X-Chromosome affect more traits than the Y-Chromosome?

a)

X chromosome is smaller than the Y chromosome

b)

X chromosome is larger than the Y chromosome

c)

X chromosome is dominant to the Y chromosome

d)

X and Y chromosomes are incompletely dominant

15.

Why will males always express the recessive version of an x-linked trait?

a)

Males have 2 X chromosomes

b)

Males only have 1 X chromosome

c)

Male chromosomes are always incompletely dominant

d)

Males have more chromosomes