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GENETICS MCQs

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Question 1. When you cross two parents, each parent is responsible for passing _______ of their two alleles for each individual trait
  1.    1
  2.    2
  3.    3
  4.    4
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1
Question 2. The heterozygous DOMINANT trait of dimples?
  1.    DD
  2.    dd
  3.    Dd
  4.    None of these
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Answer: Option C. -> Dd
Question 3. This is the physical appearance of a trait
  1.    genotype
  2.    phenotype
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Answer: Option B. -> phenotype
Question 4. Who is considered the "father" of modern genetics?
  1.    Einstein
  2.    Mendel
  3.    Disney
  4.    Washington
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Answer: Option B. -> Mendel
Question 5. Which characteristic did Malek most likely inherit from his parents?
  1.    his ability to read fast
  2.    his need to wear glasses
  3.    his ability to speak English
  4.    his need to count using his fingers
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Answer: Option B. -> his need to wear glasses
Question 6. Besides genetics, what other factors are responsible for how you will grow and develop?
  1.    How people treat you
  2.    How hard you study
  3.    Nutrition and environment
  4.    What your parents look like
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Answer: Option C. -> Nutrition and environment
Question 7. What is the transmission of traits from parent to offspring?
  1.    heredity
  2.    genetics
  3.    cell bio
  4.    chem
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Answer: Option A. -> heredity
Question 8. Y for yellow body is dominant over y for blue body
  1.    YY,yy
  2.    Yy,yy
  3.    YY only
  4.    YY,Yy
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> YY,Yy
Question 9. Who was Gregor Mendel?
  1.    Father of genetics
  2.    Father of cells
  3.    Coined the term heredity
  4.    No one
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Answer: Option A. -> Father of genetics
Question 10. Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
  1.    Bb
  2.    BB
  3.    bb
  4.    B
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Bb

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