WorksheetsMendelian inheritance
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
Which of the following statements is true about Mendel?
His discoveries concerning genetic inheritance were generally accepted by the scientific community when he published them during the mid-19th century.
He believed that genetic traits of parents will usually blend in their children
His ideas about genetics apply equally to plants and animals.
Mendel believed that the characteristics of pea plants are determined by the
inheritance of units or factors from both parents
inheritance of units or factors from one parent
relative health of the parent plants at the time of pollination
An allele is
another word for a gene
a homozygous genotype
a heterozygous genotype
one of several possible forms of a gene
Phenotype refers to the ______________________ of an individual.
genetic makeup
actual physical appearance
recessive alleles
In the diagram , what accounts for the green pea seed in the f2 generation?
On average, 1 out of 4 offspring of heterozygous parents will be homozygous recessive.
The yellow allele is dominant over the green one
The f1 generation parents are homozygous yellow.
The ratio often referred to the Mendelian ratio is
1:3:1
1:1
3:1
The model for the dihybrid cross of heterozygotes predicts a phenotypic ratio of 9:3:3:1.
True
False
What, according to Medel, was responsible for the inheritance of specific traits?
Genes
Factors
Chromosomes
DNA
What determines the differences between the progeny and parents?
Inheritance
Heritage
Genetics
Variation
Mendel took _______ contrasting characteristics of pea plants.
8
7
6
5
