WorksheetsGENETICS - Midterm Exam
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 36mins
The scientific study of heredity and variation.
(a)
The process wherein the homologous chromosomes loosely pair up, aligned gene by gene in Meiosis I - Prophase I.
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Segregation
Crossing over
Synapsis
The physical process of cell division which divides the cytoplasm of a parental cell into two daughter cells.
Prophase
Cytokinesis
Telophase
Anaphase
The process wherein non-sister chromatids exchange DNA segments during Meiosis I - Prophase I.
Law of Independent Asssortment
Law of Segregation
Synapsis
Crossing over
In plant cells, a ____________ forms while animal cells ___________ forms.
telophase; cytokinesis
cytokinesis; telophase
cleavage furrow; cell plate
cell plate; cleavage furrow
It describes how alleles of different genes independently segregate from each other during the formation of the gametes.
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Segregation
Law of Variation
Law of Heredity
What do you call the trait that is being hidden and has no noticeable effect on the appearance of an organism?
aggressive trait
recessive trait
dominant trait
absent trait
Identify the following alleles:
1. Homozygous recessive
2. Heterozygous
3. Homozygous dominant
1. Heterozygous
2. Homozygous recessive
3. Homozygous dominant
1. Heterozygous
2. Homozygous dominant
3. Homozygous recessive
1. Homozygous dominant
2. Homozygous recessive
3. Heterozygous
Gray (G) is dominant over black (b). Which genotype is a purebred for gray fur?
GG
Gb
gB
bb
If white is dominant over brown, then what is the genotype of this organism?
bW
wB
WW
bb
Gregor Mendel crossed two tall pea plants (Tt), both of which are heterozygous. What is the possible phenotypes for the offspring?
4:0
2:2
1:3
3:1
In a certain butterfly, blue wings (A) are dominant over brown wings (b).
Cross a "Ab" moth with a "bb" butterfly. What is the probability that the offspring will have brown wings?
25%
50%
75%
100%
Gregor Mendel crossed a true-breeding Yellow pea pod plant (YY) with a true-breeding Green pea pod plant (gg). What are the possible phenotypes for the offspring?
All Yellow
All Green
50% Yellow: 50% Green
75% Yellow: 25% Green
Which of the following combinations give the alleles of the parents?
RR and RR
Rr and Rr
RR and Rr
RR and rr
A heterozygous purple flower(Pp) is crossed with a homozygous white flower (pp). What is the ratio of the phenotype in the offspring?
50% Pp and 50% pp
50% PP and 50% pp
50% purple and 50% white
25% purple and 75% white
What type of dominance is depicted in this image?
Complete dominance
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
No dominance
A recessive condition characterized by a lack of pigmentation in skin and hair.
Albinism
Achondroplasia
Tay-Sachs disease
Vitiligo
Traits alternative to the wild type is also known as
natural
alternative
alien
mutant
He was an embryologist who studied Drosophila melanogaster and provided the first solid evidence linking a specific gene to a specific chromosome.
Gregor Mendel
Alfred Sturtevant
Thomas Hunt Morgan
James Watsons and Francis Crick
A type of chromosome structure alteration which moves a segment from 1 chromosome to another.
Deletion
Inversion
Translocation
Duplication
The result of an extra chromosome in a male, producing XXY individuals.
Turner Syndrome
Klinefilter Syndrome
Down Syndrome
Patau Syndrome
Caused when a person has three copies of chromosome #21 instead of the usual two, for a total of 47 chromosomes.
Down Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
Patau Syndrome
Klinefilter Syndrome
The central dogma states that the genetic information flows from
Why is DNA important?
It is very small and complicated
It serves as the blueprint for traits of all living things
It is common in all plants and animals
What are the proper complementary base-pairs?
A--T and G--C
A--G and C--T
G--T and A--C
A--C and T--G
A series of non-overlapping, three-nucleotide letters.
single codon
binomial code
triplet code
quad code
The process by which DNA directs protein synthesis and includes 2 stages: transcription and translation.
DNA expression
Gene expression
Protein expression
RNA expression
This rule states that in any organism the amount of A = T, and the amount of G = C.
Chargaff's Rule
Mendel's Rule
Watson's Rule
Franklin's Rule
If a strand of DNA has 39% Cytosine, it has...
39% Adenine
39% Guanine
39% Thymine
39% combined Cytosine and Guanine
T A G G A C T
The complementary strand is...
T A G G A C T
A T G G T G A
A T C C T G A
T T C C A G T
