Inheritance and Genes

What term describes a trait that is influenced by multiple genes?

• Genotype

• Heterozygous

• Polygenic

• Homozygous

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What term can be used to describe a person's hair color or a dog's coat pattern?

• Monogenic

• Polygenic

• Phenotype

• Genotype

Which of the following scenarios represents a situation where a child inherits one gene for tallness and one gene for shortness?

• tT

• tt

• Tt

• TT

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________ means that passing on of genes from parents to their offspring.

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Where are genes found?

• In the mitochondria

• In our bone marrow

• Chromosomes, in the nucleus of a cell

• In our brains

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Where do offspring get their genes?

• Half from their mom, half from their dad

• From their mom

• From their dad

• From their brains

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_______ is the part of a chromosome that determines one particular characteristic of an organism.

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What causes variation?

• Your environment

• Your genes and your environment

• Your genes

• Your names

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What is selective breeding?

• None of the below

• When you breed two animals together because of their desirable traits to create an offspring with many desirable traits, u do this for many generations

• When you breed together two different animals to create a hybrid animal and then sell it for lots of money.

• All of the above

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__________ is the chemical from which chromosomes are made.