Genetics Vocabulary Quiz
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What is the term for an allele that masks the presence of a recessive allele in the phenotype?
A. dominant
B. genotype
C. trait
D. recessive
What is the term for the genetic makeup of an individual?
A. genotype
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. recessive
Alternative forms of genes for a particular characteristic are called
A. Alleles
B. Genotypes
C. Phenotypes
D. Chromosomes
Heredity is the passing of traits from ________ to _________.
A. predator; prey
B. parents; offspring
C. one cell; another cell
D. one species; another species
Aa is an example of
A. homozygous dominant
B. homozygous recessive
C. heterozygous
D. none of these
What is the term for having two copies of the same allele?
A. homozygous
B. genetics
C. heterozygous
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
Dominant alleles are written using
A. capital letters
B. lowercase letters
C. both types of letters
D. neither
What is an allele that is masked in the phenotype by the presence of a dominant allele called?
A. recessive
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. dominant
What type of inheritance pattern does the diagram represent?
A. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance
C. Multiple Alleles
D. Polygenic Inheritance
Which of the following refers to the expression of traits by alleles?
A. Phenotype
B. Genotype
C. Prototype
What are long rod-shaped bodies inside a cell’s nucleus called?
A. chromosomes
B. gene
C. phenotype
D. genotype
What is the term for the presence of a dominant allele that masks the presence of a recessive allele in the phenotype?
A. dominant
B. genotype
C. trait
D. recessive
What is an inherited characteristic of an organism called?
A. trait
B. genetics
C. homozygous
D. recessive
What is the study of how traits are passed on?
A. genetics
B. chromosomes
C. phenotype
D. genotype