Geneitcs 1
Genetics 2
Genetics 3
Genetics 4
Trivia!
Trivia part deux
100

Name one trait in pea plants that Mendel investigated.

Various responses.

100

If a man has blood type O and his wife has blood type AB, what blood types are possible among their children?


What are type A and type B?

100

This is the reason why recessive lethal genetic disorders are more common than dominant lethal disorders.


What is because people with dominant lethal disorders rarely live long enough to pass on the gene?

100

alternative forms of a gene that code for the different variations of a specific trait

What is an allele?

100

Who's face is on the dime? 

Who is FDR?

100

Meaning: "To throw out a window"

What is defenestrate?

200

The principle that a parent will only pass on one of their two alleles for a particular gene.

What segregation?

200

Name this type of inheritance

In labrador retriever coat color is controlled by two genes. In gene one, black coat is dominant to brown coat. The second gene controls the expression of the first coat color gene. Dogs that are homozygous recessive for the second gene will have a yellow coat color regardless of which alleles they carry for the first gene. 

What is epistasis? 

200

A type of muscular dystrophy is sex linked. If a woman is a carrier for the disease, what proportion of her SONS will have the disease

What is 50%?

200

Type B blood can receive transfusions from...

Type B or O


200

What is the one US state that only borders one other state.  

Maine

200

2 or the 3 members of The Team Rocket Trio from Pokemon. 

Who are Jessie, James, and Meowth?

300

The observation that the offspring are 100% purple when you cross a purebred purple with a purebred white is an example of this principle.

What is the principle of dominance?

300

The ABO blood group represents these two variations on Mendel's laws.

What are co-dominance (Type AB) and multiple alleles (Three possible alleles: A, B, and O)?

300

In mice, agouti coat color is co-dominant. Hairs, when viewed under a microscope are grey at the base and white at the tip. An agouti mouse will result from a cross between a black parent and a white parent. If two agouti mice reproduced, what would be the expected phenotypic ratio of their offspring?

What is 1 Black : 2 Agouti : 1 white?

300

Based on the pedigree below, a researcher would feel confident concluding that the inheritance is...

Autosomal (inherited) recessive

- recessive because boy in generation III has it but his parents do not so they must be carrying it and hiding it (hence recessive)

- Autosomal (inherited) because since the daughter in generation II has the recessive trait, it can't be on her X chromosome or else the father would have it as well.

300

The oldest and youngest members of BTS. 

Who are Jin and Jungkook?


300

Use all seven of your tiles on one turn and get a 50-point bonus in this game. 

What is Scrabble?

400

The principle stating that when two or more characteristics are inherited, the inheritance of one trait has no impact on the inheritance of the other traits, giving different traits an equal opportunity of occurring together.

What is independent assortment?

400

Skin color, height, and other characteristics that vary in a population along a continuum often represent this variation to Mendel's principles.

What is polygenic inheritance?

400

Consider the following traits: Widow's peak (P) is dominant to straight hair (p) and Tongue twisting (t) is recessive to a non-twister. If a person who is PpTt has children with a person who is ppTt, what proportion of their offspring will have a widow's peak but be unable to twist their tongue?

What is 1/8th?

400

How many different types of gametes (sex cells) can be produced by a pea plant whose genotype is RrYY?


What is 2, (RY and rY)?

400

Michelangelo's David is in a museum in this city.

What is Florence?

400

Joe Biden's middle name. 

What is Robinette? 

500

Two parents just found out they are having a son. Neither parent has muscular dystrophy (an x-linked recessive disorder) however the mother's father does have the disorder. What is the probability that their first child will have the disorder?


What is 25%?

500

If you crossed AaBb with Aabb, what fraction of the offspring would you expect to be aabb?

What is 1/8?

500

A farmer discovers an oddity among his sheep where some of the sheep have abnormally large eyes and bowed legs. Crosses of these sheep show that 1/3 of the offspring have a normal phenotype and 2/3 have the abnormal phenotype. What is the best explanation for the type of inheritance that occurs here?

The allele is lethal in its dominant form

500

P= purple flower, p = white flower

Y = yellow seed, y= green seed

Cross: PpYy x Ppyy

How many out of 48 offspring would you expect to be white flower and yellow seed? 

What is 6?

500

Concept illustrated below


What is the pythagorean theorem?

500

The movie this quote is from: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn."


What is Gone with the Wind (1939)?

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