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What is the basis for incomplete dominance?


A) Both alleles of a gene produce weakly functioning proteins.
B) One allele produces some functioning protein; the other allele is nonfunctional.
C) Crossing over has switched alleles for a gene on homologous chromosomes.
D) One gene has many effects.
E) An individual has more than two alleles for a gene.

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Crossing two pink snapdragons yields some seeds that produce red-flowering plants,some seeds that produce white-flowering plants and some seeds that produce pink-flowering plants.If this trait operates by incomplete dominance and the allele R represents red flowers and the allele r represents white flowers,what genotype would a plant with pink flowers have for this trait?


A) RR
B) Rr
C) rr
D) RrRr

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The D gene controls pea plant height.The DD and dd genotypes confer tall and dwarf phenotypes,respectively.What is the relationship between D and d?


A) They are two different plant chromosomes.
B) They are two different genes on the same chromosome.
C) They are alleles of the same gene.
D) They are two possible homozygous genotypes.
E) They are two possible heterozygous genotypes.

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A true-breeding strain of red tulips is crossed to a true-breeding strain of white tulips.All the offspring have pink flowers.When a pink-flowered plant is self-fertilized,the offspring have red,pink,and white flowers,in the ratio 1:2:1.This type of inheritance is an example of ________.

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If a person has a recessive trait,the genotype must be homozygous recessive for the trait.

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In Mendel's pea plants,yellow seeds are dominant to green seeds.Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers.Use Y and y for the seed color alleles and P and p for the flower color alleles.Flower color and seed color assort independently.A true-breeding plant with green seeds and white flowers is crossed to a plant that is heterozygous for the genes for both phenotypes.What is the probability that the cross will yield a plant with green seeds and white flowers?


A) 3/16
B) 3/32
C) 1/32
D) 1/16
E) 1/4

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Which type of inheritance is most likely to display a bell curve of phenotypes?


A) codominance
B) multiple alleles
C) polygenic inheritance
D) monohybrid cross
E) incomplete dominance

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Dimpled cheeks are dominant to undimpled cheeks.If there exists a 50 percent chance that a child will have dimpled cheeks,the parental genotypes must be:


A) dd and dd.
B) Dd and dd.
C) DD and Dd.
D) Dd and Dd.
E) DD and dd.

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When a yellow-seeded pea plant with the genotype Yy produces gametes,what will be the genotype(s) of the gametes?


A) All will be YY.
B) All will be Yy.
C) They will be either all Y or all y.
D) Half will be YY, and half will be yy.
E) Half will be Y, and half will be y.

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What is the difference between a monohybrid and a dihybrid cross?

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A monohybrid cross follows one trait,and a dihybrid cross follows two traits.

A man with type O blood has a sister with type AB blood.What are the genotypes and phenotypes of their parents?

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Before Mendel,people had observed inheritance of dominant and recessive traits by following many generations of plants and animals.What was different about Mendel's work?


A) He used a plant that had never been cultivated before.
B) He kept careful count of his results, including mathematical analysis.
C) His results were immediately accepted and applied to other studies.
D) He followed more generations than anyone else.
E) He did both cross- and self-fertilizations.

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Mendel wanted to make sure his starting plants bred true,meaning the:


A) seeds would always sprout.
B) peas would always be green.
C) phenotypes of the offspring in each generation could not be predictable.
D) phenotypes of the offspring in each generation were always the same as the parent.
E) phenotypes of the offspring in each generation would sometimes look like the male parent and sometimes look like the female parent.

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What is the term for an observable trait of an organism?


A) element
B) phenotype
C) hybrid
D) genotype
E) allele

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a recessive allele.A child has CF,even though neither of his parents has CF.Which of the following describes the genotypes of the parents?


A) One is homozygous dominant for the CF gene, and the other is heterozygous.
B) One is homozygous recessive for the CF gene, and the other is heterozygous.
C) They are both homozygous recessive for the CF gene.
D) They are both homozygous dominant for the CF gene.
E) They are both heterozygous for the CF gene.

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List two characteristics of the garden pea plant,Pisum sativum,that make it an ideal organism for genetic experiments.

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It can be self-fertilized or cross-ferti...

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A,B,and O blood type in humans is controlled by a single gene with three alleles: Iᴬ,Iᴮ,and i.Type O is the recessive trait.The i allele is recessive to both Iᴬ and Iᴮ.Which of the following could be possible genotypes of the parents of a person with type O blood?


A) Iᴬᴵᴮ and ii
B) Iᴬᶦ and Iᴬᴵᴬ
C) Iᴬᶦ and Iᴮᶦ
D) Iᴬᴵᴮ and Iᴬᴵᴮ

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The genotype Ff is an example of a:


A) trait controlled by multiple genes.
B) homozygous genotype.
C) monohybrid genotype.
D) heterozygous genotype.
E) dihybrid genotype.

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When Mendel performed a dihybrid cross of plants heterozygous for seed color and seed shape,he saw a 9:3:3:1 ratio in the next generation.Explain what this ratio describes and what each number represents.

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It is the ratio of offspring with the fo...

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In the Law of ________,Mendel stated that two genetic elements are separated in gamete formation.

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