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 Genetics Terms Quiz

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 Average Score for this quiz: 42%
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Coverage : The Genetics Terms Quiz tests your knowledge about basic terms involved in genetics.

1. Which of the following are true about genes?
a.They are passed from parents to offspring
b.They are only important during sexual reproduction
c.They contain information about specific traits
d.They each have a specific location on a chromosome
 
2. If two alleles of a pair of homologous chromosomes are the same they are called:
a.Identical
b.Heterozygous
c.Homozygous
d.Unizygous
 
3. One allele of a homologous pair specifies that a fly has green eyes.  The allele paired with it specifies that a fly has red eyes.  If the eyes are completely green then the first allele is said to be:
a.Competitive
b.Recessive
c.Dominant
d.Superior
 
4. How would a pair of homozygous dominant alleles be written down?
a.aa
b.AA
c.xx
d.XX
 
5. Why was it important to Mendel to use a pea plant that was true-breeding for a visible trait?
a.Their offspring are exactly like the parents in one or more traits
b.They can be crossbred under controlled conditions
c.He could follow inheritance by observing the phenotype
d.They are natural cross-pollinators that interbreed easily
 
6. Which of the following are true about a heterozygous dominant individual with a dominant allele that specifies blue color and a recessive allele that specifies white color?
a.Its phenotype will never be white
b.Its phenotype will never be blue
c.Its phenotype will always be blue
d.Its phenotype will be light blue
 
7. Allele pairs are gene pairs.
a.True
b.False
 
8. What is the specific location of a gene on a chromosome called?
a.Gene pair
b.Gene position
c.Gene locus
d.Gene nexus
 
9. A heterozygous individual with a dominant and a recessive allele for the same trait will exhibit the same phenotype as the dominant genotype.
a.True
b.False
 
10. Which of the following are true about traits in a population?
a.They can be "blended out" through mixing so that only one version of a trait remains
b.Their frequencies change over time
c.Traits persist even when the phenotype is not expressed
d.Trait appearance can skip generations
 
11. On a trait inheritance chart starting with your grandparents, what abbreviation would be used to signify you?
a.P
b.R
c.F1
d.F2
 
12. In a special species of ladybug the dominant allele for color is purple and the recessive allele is green.  Which allele combinations will result in a purple color?
a.AA
b.aa
c.Aa
d.aA
 
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