Gregor Mendal and Genetics

Gregor Mendal is the father of

• chemistry

• genetics

• environmental science

• evolution

What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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Who is Gregor Mendel

• an Austrian Monk from the mid 1800s who contributed to the study of Genetics

• The scientist who discovered the structure of DNA

• a British scientist who discovered penicillin

• The scientist who used X-Ray Crystallography to shed light on the structure of DNA

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Which of the following is heterozygous?

• MM

• Mm

• mm

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Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• RR

• Rr

• rr

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Which of the following is homozygous recessive?

• PP

• Pp

• pp

What term denotes the physical expression of a gene?

• genotype

• phenotype

• appearance

• homologous

Which of the following would produce a recessive phenotype?

• hh

• Rr

• Ww

• BB

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What are the chances that two white flower (pp) pea plants could produce a purple flower pea plant?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

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An organism's appearance or other observable characteristics is it's

• phentoype

• genotype

• recessive

• dominant