Mendelian Genetics Practice KP

Synonymous (same) name for heterozygous:

• heredity

• homozygous

• hyperactive

• hybrid

Which term refers to an organism's physical appearance

• recessive allele

• dominant

• genotype

• phenotype

Which term refers to an organism's genetic traits?

• offspring

• genotype

• phenotype

• behavior

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This little guy has a recessive trait. Choose the best statement.

• Both parents gave him an "h". (hh)

• He has one "H" and one "h".

• He will die without hair.

• He is a baby and his hair will grow in a few more days.

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Mendel concluded that alleles for tall pea plants is dominant. If you cross a TT with a Tt, how many plants would be tall?

• 50%

• 100%

• 25%

• 75%

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Different forms of a gene are called ______.

• alleles

• traits

• genotype

• phenotype

The best genome representation for a homozygous dominant

• AA

• Aa

• aa

The best genome representation for homozygous recessive

• AA

• Aa

• aa

The best genome representation for heterozygous

• AA

• Aa

• aa

The parent flowers could both be described as ____

• homozygous recessive

• homozygous dominant

• heterozygous

• phenotypes

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