Principles Of Genetics Quiz 21 (20 MCQs)

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1. If man has type a blood, he can be:
2. The random change in the ratio of alleles in a population over time is known as .....
3. Strands of DNA that are twisted together are called -
4. What special type of inheritance involves both alleles being dominant for a trait, and both being shown equally?
5. Heterozygous alleles are also considered to be:
6. Two or more genes interact to produce a single trait.
7. Of 12 hamsters just born, 9 have brown fur and 3 have white fur. The trait for white fur is considered to be .....
8. A ..... allele is represented by lowercase letters and will only show up if paired with a similar allele.
9. What did Mendel observe in the F2 offspring that showed him that the alleles for seed shape segregate independently of those for seed color?
10. The number of possible genetically different gametes for an organism equals 2N, where N is the number of pairs of chromosomes. If an organism has four pairs of chromosomes, how many different gametes can it produce?
11. Multiple Alleles
12. A ..... crosses one trait.
13. In 1866, Gregor Mendel published the results of experiments involving pea plants. In one experiment, Mendel crossed plants that produced smooth, yellow peas with plants that produced green, wrinkled peas. Every pea in the first generation crop from this cross was yellow and smooth. What conclusion did Mendel draw from this experiment?
14. Gametes are eggs and sperm (sex cells). Human have 46 chromosomes, but how many are found in their gametes?
15. In Mendel's experiments, what is the approximate ratio of dominant to recessive expression when both parents are hybrids?
16. Mendel discovered principles of inheritance because he:
17. The offspring of purebred pea plants with round seeds will always have ..... seeds.
18. Which of the following is an example of multiple alleles?
19. When 2 pea plants heterozygous for height (Tt) are crossed, what is the ratio of the resulting genotypes (TT:Tt:tt)?
20. What principle states that during gamete formation genes for different traits separate without influencing each other's inheritance?