Genetics Quiz
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Who is considered the first to study genetics scientifically?

  • Charles Darwin
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
  • Gregor Mendel (correct)

    • What is the term used today to refer to what Mendel observed as 'units of inheritance'?

  • Chromosomes
  • Alleles
  • Genes (correct)
  • Genotype

    • What did Gregor Mendel study in terms of inheritance?

  • The role of environment in gene transcription
  • Patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring (correct)
  • The behavior of genes in a population
  • The structure of DNA

    • In addition to trait inheritance, what else does modern genetics study?

    <p>Gene structure and function</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has genetics given rise to in terms of subfields?

    <p>Epigenetics</p> Signup and view all the answers

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