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Mutations and Genetics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of mutation is this?

(a)  

2.

Identify the mutation.

(a)  

3.

What is this mutation?

(a)  

4.

Is this a frameshift or point mutation?

(a)  

5.

Which of the following represent a Homozygous genotype?

a)

AA

b)

Aa

c)

aa

d)

AaA

6.

If I cross a Homozygous tall pea plant with a heterozygous tall pea plant, what is the probability that the offspring will be short?

a)

100%

b)

72%

c)

50%

d)

0%

7.

Which of the following is not one of Mendel's 3 laws?

a)

Law of Dominance

b)

Law of Segregation

c)

Law of Genes

d)

Law of Independent Assortment

8.

Which law states that alleles from your parents separate and go into different gametes.

a)

Law of Segregation

b)

Law of Independent Assortment

c)

Law of Dominance

9.

This is an example of what type of Dominance?

(a)  

10.

Is this codominance or incomplete dominance?

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete Dominance

11.

The punnett square shown here supports which claim?

a)

White flower color is dominant to purple flower color.

b)

One of the parents was homozygous recessive.

c)

Purple is the dominant flower color.

d)

Both parents have a homozygous genotype.

12.

Does an organism with a heterozygous genotype (Aa) show the dominant trait of the recessive trait.

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

13.

one nucleotide is preplacced with a different nucleotide

a)

addition

b)

substitution(point)

c)

deletion

d)

inversion

14.
What mutation has occurred here? 
T-G-A-C-C-A
T-G-A-G-C-A
a)
Substitution
b)
Deletion
c)
Insertion
d)
Frameshift 
15.

What do we called the phenotype of an individual that is heterozygous for a recessive disorder?

a)

Normal

b)

Carrier

c)

Diseased

16.

True or False?

Sexual Reproduction allows for greater genetic diversity in a species.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The recombing of genes happens during

a)

Mitosis

b)

Meiosis

18.

This Gregorian Monk is known as the father of Genetics making 3 laws about how genes are passed on from parents to offspring: Dominance, Segregation and independent assortment.

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Luis Pastor

d)

Lynn Margulis

19.

Faulty proteins are caused by

a)

the wrong order of base pairs

b)

the size of the nucleus

c)

thickness of the cell membrane

d)

age of the cell

20.

Which statement is the most accurate about the dihybrid cross above?

R= round

Y= yellow

a)

There is a 5/16 chance of having a wrinkled green offspring.

b)

There is a 1/16 chance of having a round yellow offspring

c)

There is a 0/16 chance in having a round yellow offspring

d)

There is a 10/16 chance of having a round and yellow offspring.