Unit 8 Quiz

There are no calico male cats because they only have one X.

Which blood type is always hybrid and considered to be a universal recipient?

Where did your original set of genes come from?

The likelihood that something will happen.

A cross between two identical purebreds will result in?

The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

The first individuals in a genetic cross are called what generation?

Both letters representing genes are the same.

What is the phenotype of a pure brown bear if brown (B) is dominant to tan (b)?

The different versions of a trait.

A biological male is designated by a pair of "X" chromosomes.

Mendel's genotypic ratio result when two hybrids for a single trait are crossed.

Mendel called these "factors."

This is a condition where there are more than two alleles for a trait.

What organism was the focus of Mendel's work?

In what biological process does segregation occur?

Root Word for "Same."

Crossing a red flower with a white flower and getting pink is a good example of this.

This was Mendel's job

An "x" is used to designate an individual in a pedigree that has died as the result of the genetics.

Another name for heterozygous

Purebreds can also be called pure or homozygous.

Type O blood is a universal donor.

In a monohybrid cross between two hybrids, what is Mendel's observed phenotypic results?

Considered the "Father of Genetics"

A square in a pedigree represents a female.

How many different traits did Mendel observe in his original work?

The phenotypic ratio that Mendel saw as he crossed two dihybrids, heterozygous for both traits.

Mendel said, "two or more pairs of genes separate on their own."

Mendel said, "Members of each pair of genes separate."

A record that shows how a trait had been inherited between generations.

If a blood type homozygous Type A is crossed with Type AB the offspring will be

This is the country that Mendel is from.

Type AB blood is a good example of codominance

The "X" shaped structures found in cells going through cell division.

In sex-linked traits, ...............

The "stronger," or the gene that "hides" another gene.

If white flowers are recessive to red flowers what letter would you use to represent it.

The "weaker," or the gene that is "hidden."