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Population Genetics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In humans, freckles (F) on the skin are dominant to no freckles (f).  If a heterozygous parent and a recessive parent conceive, what is the chances of having a child with NO FRECKLES?

a)

0%

b)

50%

c)

100%

2.

In a population of bees, long wings (L) are dominant over short wings (l).  Bees with long wings are ...

a)

heterozygous only (Ll)

b)

homozygous 

dominant only (LL)

c)

heterozygous or 

homozygous 

dominant (LL or Ll)

3.

A red flowered plant (RR) breeds 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%

4.

This is an example of ___________.

a)

 Incomplete Dominance

b)

 Codominance

5.

In the problem shown, what must the genotype of the missing parent be?

a)

BB

b)

Bb

c)

bb

6.

The different versions of a gene or one of a pair of genes

a)

Dominant

b)

Recessive

c)

Allele

d)

Phenotype

7.

The actual gene makeup of an organism ( Tt)

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

Trait

d)

Characteristic

8.

An organism with two alleles that are the same (TT or tt)

a)

Homozygous

b)

Heterozygous

c)

Trait

d)

Allele

9.

He is known as the "Father of Genetics" and used pea plants because they reproduce quickly.

a)

Robert Hooke

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Theodor Swann

d)

Matthias Schleiden

10.

The trait represented by a capital letter

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Phenotype

d)

Incomplete dominance

11.

The trait represented by a lower case letter

a)

Recessive

b)

Dominant

c)

Phenotype

d)

Incomplete Dominance

12.

A feature that has different forms in a population ( CATEGORIES) Examples: Seed color, Eye color

a)

Trait

b)

Characteristic

c)

Allele

d)

Dominant

13.

Which of the following best describes genetic drift in a population?

a)

A random change in allele frequencies due to chance events

b)

A consistent increase in beneficial alleles over time

c)

The introduction of new alleles through mutation

d)

The selection of advantageous traits by natural selection

14.

In a population of rabbits, the allele for black fur (B) is dominant over the allele for white fur (b). If a heterozygous black rabbit (Bb) is crossed with a homozygous white rabbit (bb), what is the probability of obtaining a white rabbit offspring?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

15.

Which of the following scenarios is an example of the founder effect in population genetics?

a)

A small group of birds colonizes a new island, leading to a different allele frequency than the original population

b)

A large population of fish experiences a sudden decrease in size due to overfishing

c)

A population of insects develops resistance to a pesticide over several generations

d)

A species of plants undergoes a mutation that results in a new flower color