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What is the term for the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to its offspring?
What is the term for the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to its offspring?
- Heredity (correct)
- Dominant
- Genotype
- Phenotype
What is the term for the genetic material of living things, composed of nucleotides?
What is the term for the genetic material of living things, composed of nucleotides?
- Gene
- DNA (correct)
- Genotype
- Chromosomes
What is the term for the observable characteristics of an individual?
What is the term for the observable characteristics of an individual?
- Genotype
- Phenotype (correct)
- Locus
- Heredity
What is the term for a pair of genes that occupy a particular locus in the homologous pair of chromosomes?
What is the term for a pair of genes that occupy a particular locus in the homologous pair of chromosomes?
What is the term for the genetic information carried by a pair of alleles, which determines a particular characteristic?
What is the term for the genetic information carried by a pair of alleles, which determines a particular characteristic?
What is the term for a gene whose effect is shown in the individual only when its alleles are the same?
What is the term for a gene whose effect is shown in the individual only when its alleles are the same?
What is a homozygous individual?
What is a homozygous individual?
What is the significance of uppercase and lowercase letters in gene symbols?
What is the significance of uppercase and lowercase letters in gene symbols?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
Why did Gregor Mendel choose to study pea plants?
What is the Law of Segregation?
What is the Law of Segregation?
What is the difference between a dominant gene and a recessive gene?
What is the difference between a dominant gene and a recessive gene?
What is the significance of a heterozygous individual?
What is the significance of a heterozygous individual?
What is the main purpose of meiosis?
What is the main purpose of meiosis?
What is the probability of offspring having a gray coat with black eyes from the dihybrid cross?
What is the probability of offspring having a gray coat with black eyes from the dihybrid cross?
What is the Law of Independent Assortment?
What is the Law of Independent Assortment?
What happens to recessive traits in the presence of dominant traits?
What happens to recessive traits in the presence of dominant traits?
In the dihybrid cross, what is the genotype of the offspring that will have a white coat with red eyes?
In the dihybrid cross, what is the genotype of the offspring that will have a white coat with red eyes?
What is the result of the combination of egg and sperm cells during fertilization?
What is the result of the combination of egg and sperm cells during fertilization?
What is the dominant allele for belly fur in sheep?
What is the dominant allele for belly fur in sheep?
In the monohybrid cross 1, what is the genotype of the offspring?
In the monohybrid cross 1, what is the genotype of the offspring?
What is a monohybrid cross?
What is a monohybrid cross?
What is the result of the Law of Segregation?
What is the result of the Law of Segregation?
What is the probability of offspring bringing home shiny objects in the monohybrid cross 2?
What is the probability of offspring bringing home shiny objects in the monohybrid cross 2?
In the monohybrid cross 3, what is the genotype of the offspring that will have belly fur?
In the monohybrid cross 3, what is the genotype of the offspring that will have belly fur?
What is the result of incomplete dominance in the F1 hybrid of a cross between two carnations?
What is the result of incomplete dominance in the F1 hybrid of a cross between two carnations?
What is the main characteristic of co-dominance?
What is the main characteristic of co-dominance?
What is the result of non-disjunction during meiosis?
What is the result of non-disjunction during meiosis?
What is the characteristic of X-linked traits?
What is the characteristic of X-linked traits?
What is an example of a recessive sex-linked disorder?
What is an example of a recessive sex-linked disorder?
What is the genotypic ratio of a cross between heterozygous red and white carnations?
What is the genotypic ratio of a cross between heterozygous red and white carnations?