Basic Genetics
Heredity
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What is the study of heredity called?
A) DNA fingerprinting
B) Cloning
C) Biology
D) Genetics
D) Genetics
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The traits that are visible; (you can see the brown eyes)
A) Genotype
B) Phenotype
C) Dominant
D) Recessive
Phenotype
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DNA double stranded while RNA is _______.
Single stranded.
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Dolly the sheep is important because she was the first _______ of an adult sheep.
Clone
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What is the dominant trait in this punnett square?
Brown eyes
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What is a section of DNA that codes for a trait called?
A) Allele
B) Double Helix
C) Gene
D) Chromosome
C) Gene
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When the alleles are different cases (Hh, Ee)
A) Homozygous
B) Heterozygous
C) Recessive
D) Dominant
B) Heterozygous
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In DNA, Adenine pairs with ______.
Thymine
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This structure contains our DNA, what is it called?
Chromosome
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A) Homozygous Dominant
B) Homozygous Recessive
C) Heterozygous
D) Heterozygous Recessive
B) Homozgyous Recessive
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What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of letters? (Ex: Aa)
A) Genotype
B) Phenotype
C) Heredity
D) DNA
A) Genotype
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What percentage of offspring will express the DOMINANT trait?
75%
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In RNA, Adenine pairs with ______.
Uracil
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What is this process called?
DNA fingerprinting
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Is this an example of Replication, Transcription, OR Translation
Transcription
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What is the genetic term used to describe the gene that covers over or masks other alleles?
A) Dominant Trait
B) Recessive Trait
C) Phenotype
D) Genotype
A) Dominant Trait
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B = Brown eyes
b = Blue eyes
What percentage of the offspring will have blue eyes?
25%
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Cytosine pairs with ___________
Guanine
400
Glowfish have been given a gene from Jellyfish that allows them to glow. This is not natural and is done in a lab. What would glowfish be considered?
A GMO (genetically modified organism)
400
Who committed the crime?
2
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What is genetic term used to describe the different forms of a gene? (Ex: Different hair color)
A) Chromosome
B) Allele
C) Genotype
D) DNA
B) Allele
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100% of the plants offspring will be what height?
Tall
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Where is DNA found in our cells? (Hint: it also protects the DNA)
Nucleus
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These make up the structure of DNA
Nucleotide
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These enzymes are like scissors, because they CUT pieces of DNA that can be used for genetic engineering.
A) Cloned
B) Restriction
C) Nucleus
D) GMO
B) Restriction