Ch. 3 The Science of Heredity

A symbolic expression of the two alleles an individual possesses for a given gene.

• karyotype

• phenotype

• genotype

• F₁

Who was the "Father of Genetics"?

• Robert Hooke

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Socrates

This is an example of a(n)

• karyotype

• Punnett square

• times table

Which represents an individual that is heterozygous?

• AA

• aa

• Aa

• A^EA^E

The scientific study of heredity is known as _________

• chemistry

• ecology

• physics

• genetics

The process of combining the male gamete (sperm cell) with the female gamete (egg cell) is __________ .

• asexual reproduction

• fertilization

• crossing over

• binary fission

The chromosome theory of inheritance states that genes are passed from parents to offspring on

• RNA

• zygotes

• centrioles

• chromosomes

In Gregor Mendel's classic experiment, he crossed two "purebred" plants (tall X short). We could also say that they were

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• hybrid

• all the same genotypes

The process through which reproductive cells are made is

• meiosis

• mitosis

• fertilization

• cell division

Which correctly gives an example of an inherited trait, and then an acquired trait?

• dyed hair, ear piercing

• eye color, shape of nose

• dyed hair, eye color

• eye color, dyed hair