Patterns of Inheritance - Mastery Ticket

What determines the kind of genes an organism possesses?

• the type of amino acids in an organism's cells
• sequence of bases (A,T,C & G) in the DNA 
• the size of sugar molecules in the organism's tissues
• the shape of lipids in the cell membrane

Differences in traits within a population, such as eye color or fur color, are known as...

• differentiations
• gene expressions 
• variations 
• distinctions

How many chromosomes are in a typical body cell

• 46

• 32

• 23

• 12

The genotype of: Heterozygous Course Hair will have the alleles of...

• Hh
• HH
• hh

Which is the correct phenotype for this organism?

• BB
• blue
• green
• bb

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

T - tall and t = short
In the Punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

The 2 female sex chromosomes are ___.

• XY

• XX

The 2 male sex chromsomes are _____.

• XY

• XX