Genetics

Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?

• Einstein

• Mendel

• Disney

• Washington

TT,tt,PP,pp,SS,ss are examples of alleles that are?

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• different
• homologous 

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What type of "square" helps us solve genetic problems?

• carpenter square
• Mendel square
• Punnett square
• genetic square

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Y for yellow body is dominant over y for blue body.  What alleles would produce yellow bodies?

• YY,yy
• Yy,yy
• YY only
• YY,Yy

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The exact genetic makeup of an organism, such as RR, Tt, PP is its?

• phenotype
• dominance
• genotype
• trait

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"The Great White Shark was 20 feet in length.  Phenotype or Genotype?

• phenotype
• genotype

If "T" is the allele for tall and "t" is the allele for short, then Tt would produce?

• tall
• short
• medium
• not enough info

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A physical characteristic that can genetically be passed from parent to offspring.

• behavior
• trait
• strong muscles
• ability to fly a plane.

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Alternant or different genes that code for the same trait are called?

• chromosomes

• segments

• alleles.

• homozygous.

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What plant did Mendel study?

• pea plant

• spinach

• carrots

• sunflowers