This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant > Genetics > Principles Of Genetics – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Genetics Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Genomic Imprinting A) Process in which epigenetic chemical marks can be passed from one generation to the next in a sex-specific way. B) Method of breeding that allows only those organisms with desired characteristics to produce the next generation. C) Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by replacing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical voltage to the gel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process in which epigenetic chemical marks can be passed from one generation to the next in a sex-specific way. 2. The pattern of inheritance in which there are three or more possible alleles for a trait is A) Incomplete dominance. B) Codominance. C) Polygenic Inheritance. D) Multiple Alleles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiple Alleles. 3. The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring. A) Heredity. B) Trait. C) Gene. D) Allele. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heredity. 4. An allele is ..... A) Another word for a gene. B) A heterozygous genotype. C) A homozygous genotype. D) One of several possible forms of a gene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One of several possible forms of a gene. 5. What would NOT represent an inherited trait for a plant? A) How tall it grows. B) The type of fruit it produces. C) If it receives enough rain. D) The color of its flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If it receives enough rain. 6. When an organism has two alleles that are DIFFERENT for a trait A) Heterozygous. B) Hybrid. C) Pheotype. D) DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterozygous. 7. A segment of DNA that codes for a trait A) Gene. B) Allele. C) Chromosome. D) Chromatid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene. 8. One way that meiosis I is different from mitosis is that A) Replication occurs during interphase before mitosis, but not before meiosis I. B) Meiosis I produces 2 haploid daughter cells, but mitosis produces 2 diploid daughter cells. C) Homologous chromosomes are segregated during mitosis, but remain together during meiosis I. D) Sister chromatids are pulled apart during meiosis I, but not during mitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meiosis I produces 2 haploid daughter cells, but mitosis produces 2 diploid daughter cells. 9. Human hair color, which is controlled by more than one gene is an example of what? A) Simple dominance. B) Codominance. C) Polygenic inheritance. D) Incomplete dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polygenic inheritance. 10. Mark is a tall, 11 year old boy. He has a scar on his right cheek. He is intelligent and an excellent drummer. Which of his traits did he most likely inherit? A) Height. B) The scar. C) His intelligence. D) Ability to play drums. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Height. 11. Cutting DNA into small pieces that can be sequences is accomplished by A) Restriction enzymes. B) DNA polymerase. C) Gel electrophoresis. D) RNA polymerase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Restriction enzymes. 12. Gametes are produced by this process ..... A) Mitosis. B) Mitochondria. C) Cellular respiration. D) Meiosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meiosis. 13. Name the chromosome found in the cells which are responsible for characters other than sex chromosomes? A) Autosomes. B) Genome. C) Mitochondrial chromosome. D) Y chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autosomes. 14. R=round seedr=wrinkled seed.Cross a homozygous round with a wrinkled. Which statement predicts the results? A) Offspring will be Rr. B) Offspring will be RR. C) Round seeds will be recessive to wrinkled. D) Wrinkled will be observed in half of offspring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Offspring will be Rr. 15. Karyotype A) Small, circular piece of DNA located in the cytoplasm of many bacteria. B) Process in which epigenetic chemical marks can be passed from one generation to the next in a sex-specific way. C) Scientific study of crime scene evidence. D) Micrograph of the complete diploid set of chromosomes grouped together in pairs, arranged in order of decreasing size. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Micrograph of the complete diploid set of chromosomes grouped together in pairs, arranged in order of decreasing size. 16. Which correctly orders the stages of cell division? A) Interphase, telophase, prophase, anaphase, metaphase, cytokinesis. B) Interphase, prophase, telophase, anaphase, metaphase, cytokinesis. C) Interphase, prophase, anaphase metaphase, telophase, cytokinesis. D) Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis. 17. Offspring generation of P1 (parental generation) is classified as A) F2 generation. B) G1 generation. C) F1 generation. D) P2 generation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) F1 generation. 18. Chromosome pairs 1-22 are referred to as A) Sex chromosomes. B) Sister chromatids. C) A karyotype. D) Autosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autosomes. 19. What forms the chemical code within a molecule of DNA? A) The arrangement of the sugars and bases. B) The arrangement of the nitrogenous bases. C) The arrangement of the chromosomes. D) The arrangement of the phosphates and sugars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The arrangement of the nitrogenous bases. 20. Offspring that result from crosses between parents with different traits A) Are true-breeding. B) Make up the F2 generation. C) Make up the parental generation. D) Are called hybrids. 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