Genetics 2021

What is the passing of phenotypic traits from parents to offspring?

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Alleles

• Chromosome

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What is the study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation in living organisms?

• Alleles

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Chromosomes

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What is an organism's physical appearance or visible traits?

• Phenotype

• Genotype

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What is an organism's genetic makeup or allele combinations?

• Phenotype

• Genotype

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What is the set of information that controls a trait; segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a trait?

• Gene

• Allele

• Chromosome

• Phenotype

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What are the different forms of a gene?

• DNA

• Phenotype

• Alleles

• Chromosomes

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What is a coiled structure of DNA and protein that forms in the cell nucleus during cell division?

• Phenotype

• Allele

• Gene

• Chromosome

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What is an allele that is masked when the dominant allele is present?

• Recessive allele

• Dominant allele

What is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present?

• Recessive allele

• Dominant allele

What is having two identical alleles for a trait or purebred?

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

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