Genetics Vocabulary Quiz
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What is an inherited characteristic of an organism called?
A. trait
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. recessive
What is the term for the observable trait of an individual?
A. phenotype
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. recessive
Aa is an example of
A. homozygous dominant
B. homozygous recessive
C. heterozygous
D. none of these
A red four o’clock flower is crossed with a white four o’clock flower, and all the offspring are pink. What law of inheritance does this follow?
A. Dominance
B. Segregation
C. Incomplete dominance
D. Codominance
What type of inheritance pattern does the diagram represent?
A. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance
C. Multiple Alleles
D. Polygenic Inheritance
What does the notation Tt mean to a geneticist?
A. two dominant alleles
B. at least one recessive alleles
C. two recessive alleles
D. one dominant and one recessive allele
Which of the following refers to the expression of traits by alleles?
A. Phenotype
B. Genotype
C. Prototype
What is the term for having two different copies of an allele?
A. heterozygous
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. recessive
If the image were real, it would represent what type of inheritance pattern?
A. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance
C. Multiple Alleles
D. Polygenic Inheritance
Alternative forms of genes for a particular characteristic are called
A. Alleles
B. Genotypes
C. Phenotypes
D. Chromosomes
What type of inheritance pattern does the ABO blood group represent?
A. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance
C. Multiple Alleles
D. Polygenic Inheritance
What is the term for the genetic makeup of an individual?
A. genotype
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. recessive
What is the study of how traits are passed on?
A. genetics
B. chromosomes
C. phenotype
D. genotype
Which of the following refers to the pair of alleles?
A. Phenotype
B. Genotype
C. Prototype
D. Bialleleism
What is a gene for a particular trait called?
A. allele
B. chromosomes
C. phenotype
D. genotype