Mendel and Heredity

What happened to the green trait in Mendel's pea plants?

• It disappeared, further proving Darwin's theory of evolution

• It was hidden by the dominant yellow gene

• The pea plants produced 50% less green seeds

• Nothing happened to the green gene

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What did Mendel call the different kinds of "factors" (genes) exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• genesis

• traits

• quadrants

• alleles

Which term denotes the combination of genes an organism has?

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is heterozygous?

• MM

• Mm

• mm

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• RR

• Rr

• rr

Which of the following is homozygous recessive?

• PP

• Pp

• pp

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What term denotes the physical expression of a gene? (Ex: The green color of peas)

• genotype

• phenotype

• appearance

• homologous

Which type of trait will show up as long as at least one gene for it is inherited?

• invasive

• dominant

• recessive

• passive

Which of the following genotypes would be needed for a recessive phenotype to be shown?

• hh

• HH

• Hh

If Y (yellow) is the dominant allele for pea plant seed color, which of the following would produce green seeds?

• YY

• Yy

• yy