This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Plant > Principles Of Genetics – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Principles Of Genetics Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What part of a person's body breaks down due to Huntington's Disease? A) Nerve cells in the brain. B) Bone marrow. C) White blood cells. D) Arteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve cells in the brain. 2. Gregor Mendal first crossed P (parent) plants to produce F1 (first filial generation) plants. The F1 generation displayed only the trait of one of the parents. What genetic Principle or Law was displayed in this case? A) Principle of Dominance. B) Law of Segregation. C) Principle of Independent Assortment. D) Law of Probability. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Principle of Dominance. 3. This type of phenotype is less likely to be prominent in offspring A) Dominant genotype. B) Recessive genotype. C) Dominant phenotype. D) Recessive phenotype. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recessive genotype. 4. Flowers can be white, red, or pink. This is an example of what type of inheritance? A) Complete dominance. B) Codominance. C) Incomplete dominance. D) Sex-linked traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Incomplete dominance. 5. Phenotype refers to an organism's ..... A) Genetic code. B) Physical apperance. C) Ratio. D) Parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical apperance. 6. Having one dominant and one recessive allele- A) Heterozygous. B) Genotype. C) Phenotype. D) Homozygous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heterozygous. 7. Genes that are located on the same chromosome and that are inherited together are known as ..... A) Haploid. B) Diploid. C) Linked genes. D) Gene map. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Linked genes. 8. A trait that is not expressed when a dominant allele is present. A) Recessive. B) Co-dominant. C) Incomplete Dominant. D) Dominant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recessive. 9. How many genes are crossed in a dihybrid cross? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2. 10. Which is NOT true of a hybrid? A) It has a pair of chromosomes. B) Its genotype is homozygous. C) Its genotype is heterozygous. D) It has one recessive allele. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its genotype is homozygous. 11. A Mm mouse is crossed with a mm mouse. What genotypes would you expect the offspring to have? A) All Mm. B) All mm. C) Some Mm some mm. D) Some MM, some Mm and some mm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Some Mm some mm. 12. Both alleles are lower case and the dominant trait is not expressed at all; Example:ee A) Dominant. B) Law of Independent Assortment. C) Recessive. D) Incomplete dominance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recessive. 13. Which best describes Mendel's law of dominance? (3B1) A) When an organism has two different alleles of the same gene, both genes will be expressed equally in the organism. B) When an organism has two different alleles of the same gene, one of the genes will be expressed and the other will be hidden. C) When an organism has two of the same alleles for a gene, that allele is always dominant. D) When an organism has two of the same alleles for a gene, the stronger of the two genes will be expressed in the organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When an organism has two different alleles of the same gene, one of the genes will be expressed and the other will be hidden. 14. When an organism has two alleles that are the SAME for a trait A) Heterozygous. B) Homozygous. C) Hybrid. D) Recessive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homozygous. 15. What is heredity? A) How different genes and traits are passed down from parents to children. B) How different genes and traits are passed down from children to parents. C) How traits are identical to parents. D) How traits are different between siblings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How different genes and traits are passed down from parents to children. 16. Geneticists use ..... to represent ....., the different forms of a gene. A) Numbers ; Alleles. B) Letters ; Factors. C) Letters ; Alleles. D) Numbers ; Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Letters ; Alleles. 17. Meiosis produces A) Eggs (ova). B) Sperm. C) Gametes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. If two parents are heterozygous for type A blood, what is the probability that their offspring would have type O blood? A) 100 %. B) 75%. C) 50%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25%. 19. A dihybrid cross between 2 heterozygous parents will typically result in which phenotypic ratio? A) 1:2:1. B) 9:3:3:1. C) 4:4:4:4. D) 3:1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9:3:3:1. 20. Light, Temperature, Time and pH A) Environmental factors. B) Pedigree. C) Mutagens. D) True breeding. 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