The Basics
Peas, Peas, Pretty Peas
What's in Your Genes?
What are the Chances?
Miscellaneous
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The scientific study of heredity is called ...

What is GENETICS

100

Mendel noticed that traits seemed to skip a generation when he was growing these.

What are PEA PLANTS.

100

The factors that control a trait

What is GENES

100

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations

What is GENOTYPE

100

The genetic material that carries information about an organism and is passed from parent to offspring

What is DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)

200

Different characteristics such as color and height are called ...

What is a TRAIT

200

An organism with TWO different alleles for a trait

What is a HYBRID

200

An organism's traits are controlled by the ________ it inherits from its parents.

What are ALLELES

200

An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits

What is PHENOTYPE

200

One of the 23 pairs of these found in every human cell.

What are CHROMOSOMES?

300

He is credited with the theory of evolution.

Who is CHARLES DARWIN?

300

A recessive allele is represented by a __________ letter, while dominant allele is represented by a __________ letter.

What is LOWERCASE and UPPERCASE

300

Allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

What is a DOMINANT ALLELE

300

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait is said to be ___________

What is HOMOZYGOUS

300

If Brown fur (B) is dominant to Black fur (b), what % chance is there that these dogs would have puppies with Brown fur?

What is 100%

400

This Monk is dubbed the "Father of Genetics"

Who is GREGOR MENDEL

400

In Mendel's first generation of peas, he crossed Round seeds (dominant) with Wrinkled seeds (recessive).  What % of the seeds came out Wrinkled?

What is 0%.  None of them were wrinkled.

400

Allele whose trait is normally hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

What is a RECESSIVE ALLELE

400

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait is said to be ______________

What is HETEROZYGOUS

400

What do you know about the genotype of the parents?

The are HETEROZYGOUS.

500

A tool that can help you understand how the laws of probability apply to genetics

What is a PUNNETT SQUARE

500

In Mendel's second generation of peas, he crossed seeds that were hybrids for Round (dominant) and Wrinkled (recessive) seeds.  What % of the seeds came out Round?

What is 75%.  Some were wrinkled, because both parent plants were hybrids.

500

A person who is heterozygous for a trait shows which allele? 

What is a DOMINENT?

500

Brown hair (B) is dominant to blonde hair (b).  How many offspring would you expect to have brown hair in a cross between 1 homozygous dominant and 1 homozygous recessive parent. 

4/4 OR 100%

500

This ability to modify someone's genes, whether for medical reasons or just to change their appearance, is known as this.

What is GENE EDITING or GENETIC MODIFICATION?

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