Genetics Test

True or False.
Two parents can have the same phenotype but different genotypes.

• True

• False

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What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant

• Pigeons

• Pear trees

• People

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt

• Tt

• Bb

• TT

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Who was considered to be the father of Genetics?

• Charles Darwin

• Aristotle

• John Newton

• Gregor Mendel

The scientific study of heredity.

• Biology

• Gene Therapy

• Genetic Counseling

• Genetics

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A complex molecule (double helix - “twisted staircase”) that carries the code for organisms’ traits, which is passed on from generation to generation.

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Scientific study of heredity

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Anatomy

• Biology

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A mutation is

• any change that is harmful

• any change in a gene or chromosome

• any change that is helpful

• any change in the phenotype

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The actual trait is displayed (expressed) in an organism.

• carrier

• genotype

• phenoytpe

• trait

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Who is the Father of Genetics?

• Robert Hooke

• Gregor Mendel

• Albert Einsten

• Albert Wegener