Mendel's Laws of Genetics

Use the breeding results to identify the recessive pod color.

• yellow

• green

• can't tell

• both

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Use the breeding results to identify the recessive pod surface.

• smooth

• constricted

• can't tell

• both

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Use the breeding results to identify the dominant stem length.

• long

• short

• medium

• none

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The gene that is hidden unless both genes are present.

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

A dominant trait is a trait that is present even if there is only one allele.

• True

• False

What type of organism was used to determine the basic patterns of heredity?

• fruit flies

• dogs

• potato plants

• pea plants

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Which of the following would produce a recessive phenotype?

• hh

• Rr

• Ww

• BB

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

• yy

• Gg

• GG

• gg

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Who is known as the "Father of Genetics" for the work he did with pea plants?

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einstein

• Benjamin Franklin

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Dominant alleles are represented by a ---

• capital letter.

• lowercase letter.