Mendelian Genetics Tests Compilation Bundle

What percent of genetic information is passed on from parents to their offspring? correct answer: 50% from each parent What is the name of the haploid cells that carry the genetic information from each parent? correct answer: Gametes What is the phenotype of an individual? correct answer: T...

traits correct answer: Characteristic that is inhereted. genetics correct answer: Study of heredity patterns and variation of organisms. purebred correct answer: Type of organism whose ancestors are genetically uniform. law of segregation correct answer: Mendel's first law, stating tha...

Homozygous correct answer: Having two identical alleles for a trait Heterozygous correct answer: Having two different alleles for a trait Allele correct answer: the different forms of a gene. Dominant allele correct answer: an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the ...

Who is responsible for our laws of inheritance? correct answer: Gregor Mendel What organisms did Mendel study? correct answer: Pea Plants When was Mendel's work recognized? correct answer: Turn of the 20th Century When did Mendel perform his experiments? correct answer: Between 1856 an...

An organism's expressed physical traits, such as hair color or shape, are called its ____ . genotype allele phenotype gamete correct answer: phenotype What is an allele? A version of a gene. A type of cell. A type of mutation. A blood type. correct answer: A version of a gene. A...

Gregor Mendel correct answer: Austrian monk; father of genetics; studied heredity using garden peas monohybrid cross correct answer: studied inheritance of one trait particulate theory of inheritance correct answer: units of inheritance are discrete particles (they don't blend or mix) g...

endelian Genetics A particulate mechanism for the inheritance of traits Gregor Johann Mendel* Famous for experimenting with pea plants to observe the occurrence of inherited traits. He eventually became known as the father of genetics (1822-1884). Was recognized for his work after he died. Gre...

The austrailian monk whose experiments with pea plants were the begining of our understanding of genetics was 1. Albert Einstein 2. Albus Dumbledore 3 Alfred nobel 4. Gregor Mendel correct answer: Gregor mendel The different alternatives or choices for a gene ( blue green or brown eyes) ar...

allele one form or version of a gene genotype the two alleles inherited for a particular gene; the genetic make up of a trait; the "genes" phenotype an individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color, and blood type; "Physical" traits dominant

Heredity correct answer: the transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring Information for characteristics are carried in ----- (---) and found in bundles called ----------- correct answer: information for characteristics are carried in genes (DNA) and found in bundles called chromo...

Genetics correct answer: study of heredity and variation. 3 Main branches of Genetics? correct answer: Transmission Molecular Population Transmission Genetics correct answer: seek to explain the pattern of transmission of traits from one generation to the next. Trait correct answer: ...

Character correct answer: seed shape or flower color Trait correct answer: smooth seeds, wrinkled seeds, purple flower, white flower Phenotype correct answer: organisms observable physical properties Genotype correct answer: genetic composition Allele correct answer: Different forms...

Allele correct answer: different versions of the same gene; example: A and a, or A and A' (for codominant traits) Anaphase I correct answer: chromosomes separate from their homologue and move toward opposite ends of the cell Anaphase II correct answer: chromosomes separate and begin to mov...