30 Questions
What is the study of genes and heredity called?
Genetics
What is the inheritance pattern in humans, where each somatic cell contains two copies of each chromosome, one from each parent?
Diploid inheritance
Who first performed experiments revealing the existence of biological 'factors' responsible for transmitting traits from generation to generation?
Augustinian monk Gregor Mendel
Which topic mainly covers the major events and developments in transfusion medicine over the years?
Introduction to blood banking / immunohematology
What can be used in the transfusion laboratory to identify some ways in which genetics can be used?
Blood group antigens and antibodies
Which scientific principles and analytical procedures first emerged in the 1860s as a result of Gregor Mendel's experiments?
Genetics
What is the haploid number of chromosomes in human germ cells?
23
What is the genetic composition percentage that indicates no influence of the environment on the inheritance of the phenotype?
100%
What is a segment of a DNA molecule that contains the information required for the synthesis of a functional biological product?
Gene
What does the term 'recessive trait' refer to?
Trait that manifests only when the gene is in a homozygous state
What is the sex chromosome complement for males and females?
XY for males, XX for females
What is the term for the observation traits of an individual produced by the interaction of genes and the environment?
Phenotype
Where do alleles reside within the cell?
Nucleus
'Dominant trait' refers to which type of allele manifestation?
'Manifests itself even when an allele is in a heterozygous state'
'Independent assortment' during meiosis refers to what process?
Random sorting of each chromosome into a daughter cell without linkage
'Heritability' depends on which two variables?
'Genetic composition' and 'Environmental composition'
Which Augustinian monk performed a set of experiments that revealed the existence of biological 'factors' responsible for transmitting traits from generation to generation?
Gregor Mendel
What is the term for the study of genes and heredity?
Genetics
What is the term used to describe the pattern of inheritance where each somatic cell contains two copies of each chromosome, one from each parent?
Mendelian inheritance
What are the scientific principles and analytical procedures that first emerged in the 1860s as a result of Gregor Mendel's experiments called?
Mendelian laws
What is the term used to describe the observation of traits produced by the interaction of genes and the environment?
Phenotype
What type of allele manifestation does 'recessive trait' refer to?
Masked by a dominant allele
What is the term for a segment of a DNA molecule that contains the information required for the synthesis of a functional biological product?
Gene
What does 'independent assortment' during meiosis refer to?
Random sorting of each chromosome into a daughter cell
What is the sex chromosome complement for males and females?
XX for females, XY for males
What is the term for the observation traits of an individual produced by the interaction of genes and the environment?
Phenotype
What is the genetic composition percentage that indicates no influence of the environment on the inheritance of the phenotype?
100%
'Homozygous' refers to what condition?
The two alleles being identical
'Heritability' depends on which two variables?
Genetic composition and environmental composition
'Recessive trait' manifests only when the gene is in what state?
Homozygous state
Test your knowledge of transfusion medicine and genetics with this quiz. Learn about major events in transfusion medicine, the influence of Mendel’s Laws, inheritance patterns of traits, and the use of genetics in the transfusion laboratory.
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