Duplicate of Genetics Basics

Question 1

Famous for studying heredity in pea plants, this Austrian monk is the "father of genetics"

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Mendel

Question 2

Human blood type is an example of a trait following which pattern of inheritance?

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multiple alleles

Question 3

The diagram below depicts which type of inheritance?

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incomplete dominance

Question 4

Mendel's peas were "true-breeding", which means they consistently

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produce offspring with only one form of a trait

Question 5

A trait controlled by only one gene with a pattern of dominance is known as a

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Mendelian trait

Question 6

The pedigree shown below depicts which type of inheritance?

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autosomal dominant

Question 7

In the pedigree shown below, how many females are carriers?

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8

Question 8

Supposing Mendelian inheritence, the cross shown below would have a phenotypic ratio of

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3:1

Question 9

Alternative forms of the same gene, such as yellow or green genes for pod color, are known as

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alleles

Question 10

The fish in the picture below depict which type of inheritance?

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codominance

Question 11

The expression of a trait based on genes and environmental factors is known as an organism's

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phenotype

Question 12

A combination of letters representing an organisms inherited alleles for a trait is known as a

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genotype

Question 13

The pedigree below illustrates which type of inheritance?

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autosomal recessive

Question 14

The pedigree shown below most likely depicts a

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sex-linked recessive

Question 15

What is the phenotypic ratio of the Punnett square shown below?

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9:3:3:1

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