Quiz 1: Intro to Genetics

Separate pieces of DNA, all in the same nucleus, are called...

• chromophones

• chromosomes

• strands

• nucleosomes

A gene is composed of ___; a chromosome is composed of ___.

• chromosomes; genes

• DNA; genes

• DNA; DNA

• chromosomes; DNA

You grow via ___; you create gametes via ___.

• mitosis; meiosis

• meiosis; mitosis

• mitosis for both

• meiosis for both

In today's lesson, eye color was a(n) ___ and brown eyes was a(n) ___. (Select all that apply)

• allele; gene

• gene; phenotype

• allele; genotype

• gene; allele

Diploid cells have...

• 2 chromosomes

• 2 sets of chromosomes

• 1 set of chromosomes

• 23 chromosomes

Which tyle of cell division creates daughter cells with half the ploidy of the mother cell?

• meiosis

• mitosis

• binary fission

Why aren't we clones of our parents? (select all that apply)

• Parental chromosomes separate into different gametes

• Alleles on different chromosomes sort independently

• Alleles on the same chromosome shuffle via crossing over

• We receive only half of our genetic information from each parent

You inherited a blue eye allele from dad and a brown eye allele from mom. Your eyes are hazel. Your child will receive...

• either a blue eye allele or a brown eye allele

• a hazel eye allele

• either blue, brown, or hazel eye alleles

• both blue and brown eye alleles