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Genetics Review - Acc Bio 1

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 2hrs 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following alleles are homozygous (purebred) recessive?

a)
Tt
b)
tt
c)
TT
d)

XTX

2.
Which of the following is a phenotype?
a)
Aa
b)
red hair
c)
heterozygous genes
d)
mutated DNA
3.
Aa is
a)
homozygous (purebred)
b)
heterozygous (hybrid)
4.

Within classical genetics, a heterozygous genotype will display the___________ allele.

a)
recessive
b)
dominant
c)
lower case letter
d)
both 
5.

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a purebred recessive plant is...

a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
d)

yellow

e)

green

6.
Who is considered the "father of genetics"?
a)
Gregor Mendel
b)
Reginald Punnett
c)
James Watson
d)
Justin Bieber
7.

T = tall an t = short
What is the phenotype for a hybrid plant?

a)
short
b)
tall
c)
medium sized
d)

Tt

e)

tt

8.

How many alleles does each person carry for a trait?

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
9.

How many alleles does a child get from each parent for a trait?

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.

T - tall and t = short
In the Punnett square, what belongs in the missing square

a)
tt
b)
Tt
c)
Bb
d)
TT
11.
Which of the following is homozygous dominant?
a)
Yy
b)
Y
c)
yy
d)
YY
12.
The passing of physical characteristics from parent to offspring is __________.
a)
genetics
b)
heredity
c)
genes
d)
traits
13.
When a capital letter is used, what kind of allele is being represented?
a)
Recessive Allele
b)
Codominance
c)
Punnett Squares
d)
Dominant Allele
14.

Environmental factors affect only the ____________ of an individual.

a)

Phenotype

b)

Genotype

15.

Physical appearance of an organism, regardless of its genes.

a)
phenotype
b)
genotype
c)
haploid
d)
deploid
16.
A red flowered plant (RR) is crossed with a white flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
17.

What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? Example: A red flower crossed with a white flower will make a pink flower.

a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
18.
Which type of inheritance causes both traits to be expressed equally in the heterozygote?
a)
Complete Dominance
b)
Incomplete Dominance
c)
Co-Dominance
d)
Sex-linked
19.
In some carnations, flower color exhibits codominance.  Identify the correct genotypes for red, white, and speckled carnations.
a)
Red = RR, white = rr, speckled = Rr
b)
Red = RR, white = WW, speckled = rw
c)
Red = RR, white = ww, Speckled = Rw
d)
Red = RR, white = WW, speckled = RW
20.

In some carnations, flower color exhibits codominance. When crosses, Red (R) and white (W) flowers make speckled flowers (RW) that show both colors.
Complete a cross between 2 speckled flowers and find the genotype proportions.

a)
0 RR: 4 RW: 0 WW
b)
2 RR: 2 RW: 0 WW
c)
1 RR: 2 RW: 1 WW
d)
0 RR: 2 RW: 2 WW
21.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R X r ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with red eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with white eyes

22.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R Y ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with white eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with red eyes

23.

H= normal blood clotting

h=hemophilia


XHXh x XHY


What is the probability that any of their offspring will have hemophilia?

a)

4/4 (100%)

b)

3/4 (75%)

c)

2/4 (50%)

d)

1/4 (25%)

24.

If this pedigree shows an autosomal recessive disorder, what MUST the genotype of individual II-3 be? (Click on the image to make it larger.)

a)
HH
b)
Hh
c)
hh
d)
None of the above
25.

If this pedigree shows a recessive disorder, what MUST the genotype of individual 4 be? (Click on the image to make it larger.)

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

hh

26.
In a pedigree, what shape represents a male?
a)
circle
b)
square
c)
triangle
d)
diamond
27.

How many generations are shown in this pedigree? (Click on the image to make it larger.)

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
28.

How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have? (Click on the image to make it larger.)

a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
29.

This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait? (Click on the image to make it larger.)

a)
8
b)
5
c)
2
d)
3
30.
Hemophilia is a recessive sex-linked trait. If H = normal & h = has hemophilia, which genotype represents a male with hemophilia. 
a)
XHY
b)
XHXh
c)
XhXh
d)
Xh
31.
a)
Not affected Female
b)
Not affected Male
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
32.

What is the study of heredity?

a)

biology

b)

pedigrees

c)

Punnett Squares

d)

Genetics

33.

A genotype is

a)

the physical appearance of an organism.

b)

a made up word for genes.

c)

not even a word.

d)

two alleles that an organism possesses.

34.

Colorblindness is more common in males because it is controlled by

a)

Mendelian inheritance.

b)

Incomplete dominance.

c)

codominance.

d)

Sex-linked inheritance.

35.

This is an autosomal recessive disorder. The parents in generation one must _____. (Click on the image to make it larger.)

a)

have the disease.

b)

be homozygous.

c)

be heterozygous.

d)

be related.

36.

A chart that tracks a disorder in a family is called a

a)

pedigree.

b)

Punnett Square.

37.

Flamingos are naturally white in color. Their pink color is determined based on their diets. What below determines the color of flamingos?

a)

environmental factors

b)

codominance

c)

incomplete dominance

d)

polygenic traits

38.

If cattle can be white, brown or roan (brown and white spotted) the genotype CBCW will show a/an _____ phenotype.

a)

all white

b)

all brown

c)

roan

39.

Which best describes epistasis?

a)

An allele that changes the genotype of another allele

b)

A gene that changes the genotype of another gene

c)

An allele that controls or masks the expression of another allele

d)

A gene that controls or masks the expression of another gene

40.

This is when multiple genes code for a single trait

a)

Polygenic

b)

Pleiotropy

c)

Linked genes

d)

Codominant genes

41.

Labrador retriever's fur color is an example of epistasis. In this case the E gene controls the expression of the B gene. If a puppy was born with the genotype eeBB its fur color would be ________ and if it was born with the genotype EEbb it would be __________

a)

yellow, yellow

b)

yellow, black

c)

chocolate, black

d)

yellow, chocolate

42.
What antigens are present in a person with type B- blood?
a)

B only

b)
B and Rh
c)
A and Rh
d)

A only

43.
What type of blood is the universal donor?
a)
AB+
b)
AB-
c)
O+
d)
O-
44.
Negative blood types can DONATE to what types of blood?
a)

Negative only

b)

Positive only

c)
Both Negative and Positive
45.

Use the image to determine the blood type.

a)

A+

b)

B-

c)

B+

d)

O-

46.

In human blood typing the possible alleles are A, B and i. When there are more than 2 possible alleles the trait is referred to as

a)

polygenic

b)

multiple alleles

c)

codominance

d)

incomplete dominance

47.

In Labradors, black coats are dominant to brown coats, but a recessive epistatic gene will turn off coat color. Which genotype(s) below will show a yellow phenotype.

a)

eeBb

b)

eebb

c)

Eebb

d)

eeBB

e)

EEbB

48.

R = round seeds, r  = wrinkled seeds Y = yellow seeds, y = green seeds

Cross the two plants below.
(RrYy x rrYy)

What percent will have Round and Yellow seeds? 

a)

1/8 or 13%

b)

1/4 or 25%

c)

1/2 or 50%

d)

5/8 or 63%

e)

3/8 or 36%

49.
What is the genotype for a pea plant heterozygous for round seeds (R), and homozygous recessive for green seeds (y)?
a)
Ry
b)
RRyy
c)
RrYy
d)
Rryy
50.
T4 - Black fur in mice (B) is dominant to brown fur (b). Short tails (T) are dominant to long tails (t). What percentage of the offspring of the cross BbTt x BBtt will have black fur and long tails?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
51.
T4 - What fraction of offspring from the cross AaBB x Aabb will be heterozygous for both traits (ex. AaBb) ?
a)
1/16
b)
1/4
c)
1/2
d)
3/16
52.

What process does this show?

a)

independent assortment

b)

polyploidy

c)

chromosome map

d)

crossing over

53.

Which chromosomes do crossing over?

a)

homologous chromosomes

b)

heterogenous chromosomes

c)

linked chromosomes

d)

all chromosomes

54.

Which 2 processes create unique gametes?

a)

crossing over

b)

polyploidy

c)

independent assortment

d)

mapping

55.

Which genes will have the greatest chance of being separated during crossing over?

a)

B and C

b)

A and B

c)

C and D

d)

D and A

56.

Two genes on a given chromosome that are most likely to be inherited together are

a)

6.8 map units apart.

b)

10 map units apart.

c)

2 map units apart.

d)

18.5 map units apart

57.

According to _______, genes that are closer together on a chromosome, have a higher chance of being inherited together.  

a)

Gene Linkage

b)

Polygenic

c)

Pleiotropy

d)

Epistasis