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Complex Inheritance

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
c)
Mendelian Inheritance
d)
Homozygous Inheritance
2.
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%
3.
What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 
a)
Incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
4.
This is an example of ___________?
a)
Incomplete dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
5.
This is an example of ___________.
a)
 Incomplete Dominance
b)
 Codominance
6.
If you cross a black chicken with a white chicken, only checkered chickens would be produced.  What kind of inheritance pattern does this follow?
a)
incomplete Dominance
b)
Co-Dominance
7.
In chickens, feather color is codominant.  If a black chicken BB is mated with one that is black and white (BW) what are the chances of having a chicken that is black and white?
a)
50%
b)
0%
c)
25%
d)
100%
8.
In Andalusian fowls, black individuals (BB) and white individuals (bb) are homozygous. Heterozygous individuals are grey (Bb).  
Cross a black fowl with a white fowl. What is the phenotype ratio?
a)
4 black: 0 grey: 0 white
b)
2 black: 2 grey: 0 white
c)
0 black: 4 grey: 0 white
d)
0 black: 2 grey: 2 white
9.
How are Incomplete Dominance and Co Dominance different than a normal Mendelian cross?
a)
There is no difference
b)
The heterozygous genotype has a unique phenotype
c)
There is no heterozygous genotype
d)
There is only one phenotype regardless of genotype.
10.

Which chromosome contains more genes?

a)

The X chromosome

b)

The Y chromosome

c)

They are homologous, so they contain the same amount of genes.

11.

Males can be heterozygous for sex-linked traits.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

How many recessive genes does a carrier female have for colorblindness?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

0

13.

Colorblindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. A colorblind woman marries a male with normal color vision. What is the percent chance of them having a color blind son?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

14.

Muscular dystrophy is a sex-linked recessive disorder. A man with muscular dystrophy marries a woman who doesn’t have this disease. Half of their daughters and half of their sons develop this disease. What is the genotype of the mother?

a)

XNXN

b)

XNXn

c)

Xn

d)

XN

15.

A X-linked gene in fruit flies controls the patterns of the wings. XB has a barred pattern and Xb doesn’t have bars. A male with barred wings is mated to a non-barred female. What would be the genotype(s) of their female offspring?

a)

XBXB

b)

XbXb

c)

XBXb

d)

XBb

16.

The different forms of a gene are called

a)

traits

b)

pollinators

c)

alleles

d)

hybrids

17.

The physical appearance of an organisms is its

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

characteristic

d)

Heterozygous

18.

Examples include skin color and height (the individual's phenotype exists somewhere along a spectrum)

a)

polygenic inheritance

b)

multiple alleles

c)

linked genes

d)

incomplete dominance

19.
having two different alleles of a gene
a)
homozygous
b)
heterzygous
c)
polygenic inheritance
d)
codominance
20.
having the same two alleles of a gene
a)
heterozygous
b)
homozygous
c)
incomplete dominance
d)
codominance
21.
A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.
a)
trait
b)
gene
c)
chromosome
22.

Who was the scientist that studied pea plants to determine heredity?

a)

Rosalind Franklin

b)

Leroy Jethro Gibbs

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

James Watson

23.

A trait that is located on the X chromosome is called

a)

Multiple alleles

b)

Codominance

c)

Polygenic Inheritance

d)

X-linked traits