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What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together?
Incomplete Dominance
Codominance
Mendelian Inheritance
Homozygous Inheritance
What do you call a trait that is masked and wont show up first?
Dominant trait
Genotype
Recessive trait
Hair color
What do you call the characteristics of a trait that you can see?
Phenotype
Genotype
Dominant
Recessive
What do you call identical alleles (two caps or two lowercase)?
Example: BB, bb
Heterozygous
Homozygous
Dominant
Dihybrid
What do you call two different alleles (one cap, one lower)?
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Offspring
None of the above
In a certain species of animal, black fur (B) is dominant over tan fur (b).
Which type of dominance does this cross show?
Complete Dominance
Incomplete Dominance
Codominance
Polygenic Inheritance
What is a phenotype?
The genetic make up (code)
The physical trait
The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring is called ____________________.
heredity
trait
gene
allele
Magda is a tall, 11 year old drummer. She has a scar on her right cheek. She is good at swimming. Which of her traits did Magda most likely inherit?
height
the scar
ability to swim
ability to play drums
If bb is crossed with BB, what is the probability of Bb?
0%
25%
50%
100%
Recessive alleles are represented by:
a ratio
a percentage
capital letters
lower-case letters
A distinguishing characteristic that can be inherited is a(n) ____________________.
cross
allele
gene
trait
Which type of genetic factor can hide or mask another genetic factor?
Strong
Huge
Dominant
Recessive
Heredity can be defined as:
A characteristic that an organism can pass onto its offspring through its genes.
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
The scientific study of phenotypes.
None of the answers are correct.
What organism did Mendel do his famous studies of genetics with?
Bees
Carrots
Peas
Mice
Each one of the letters in a genotype is known as a(n)...
Gene
Allele
DNA
Trait
This is an example of ___________?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
This type of inheritance pattern is a MIXTURE of both traits.
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Complete dominance
If you cross a black chicken with a white chicken, only checkered chickens would be produced. What kind of inheritance pattern does this follow?
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Which type of inheritance causes both traits to be expressed equally in the heterozygote?
Complete Dominance
Incomplete Dominance
Codominance
Sex-linked
If a man with straight hair marries a woman with curly hair, all of their children have wavy hair. What type of inheritance pattern does this follow?
Complete dominance
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Sex-linked
If you cross a red snapdragon with a white snapdragon, only pink snapdragons will be produced. What type of inheritance pattern does this follow?
Complete dominance
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Sex-linked
This image is an example of ____________________?
codominance
dominance
incomplete dominance
This image is an example of ____________________?
codominance
dominance
incomplete dominance
The different forms of a gene are called ____________________.
traits
pollinators
alleles
hybrids
What does a punnet square show us?
The age of the offspring
The chance of a genotype (trait) showing up in offspring
Numbers
Blue eyes
Genotypes are:
Green
Dominant only
Recessive only
Traits that appear in offspring
Being tall or short are examples of ____________________?
Dominant
Homozygous
Genotype
Phenotype
BB, Bb, and bb are examples of ____________________?
Dominant
Homozygous
Genotype
Phenotype
Which type of allele masks the recessive allele and is capital?
Dominant
Homozygous
Genotype
Phenotype
This is the expression of alleles. The observable trait we can see is called ____________________.
Dominant
Homozygous
Genotype
Phenotype
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