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What type of cells are classified as diploid?
a) Somatic
b) Gamete
c) Sex Cells
d) Non-living cells

What is a section of DNA that codes for a protein?
a) Allele
b) Gene
c) Chromosome
d) Genome

What is defined as a different version of the same gene?
a) Alleles
b) Genes
c) Chromosomes
d) Genome

Who was considered the Father of Genetics?
a) Sir Arthur Brown
b) Isaac Newton
c) Gregor Mendel
d) Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following is not a Mendelian law of inheritance?
a) Law of Dominance
b) Law of Segregation
c) Law of Mutagens
d) Law of Independent assortment

Which of the following best describes a purebred organism?
a) Genetically different ancestors
b) Genetically identical ancestors
c) Genetically uniform ancestors
d) Genetic complementary in ancestors

What organism did Mendel study?
a) Finches
b) Mice
c) Zebra Fish
d) Pea Plants

All traits that Mendel studied had how many potential options phenotypically?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 10

The first generation of offspring is referred to as:
a) F1
b) F2
c) P
d) FG

Uppercase letters are assigned to:
a) Homozygous
b) Heterozygous
c) Dominant
d) Recessive

Which of the following represents a heterozygous organism?
a) Kk
b) LL
c) RR
d) mm

A ________________ allele will express itself over a _____________ allele.
a) Recessive; recessive
b) Recessive; dominant
c) Dominant; recessive
d) Recessive; recessive

What is the best definition of an organism's genotype?
a) the physical traits
b) the epigenetic regulation of genes
c) the DNA methylation present
d) the actual alleles inherited

Which of the following is an example of phenotype?
a) Homozygous Dominant
b) Kk
c) Purple flowers
d) circular RNA

Which of the following best describes the law of segregation?
a) Each gamete receives only one chromosome from each pair after splitting in meiosis
b) The dominant allele will be expressed over the recessive allele
c) There is no such thing as the law of segregation (nice try!)
d) The assortment of chromosomes for one trait does not affect the assortment of chromosomes for another trait

What is a diagram that shows the probability of inheriting traits from parents with certain genes?
a) Karyotype
b) Punnett Square
c) DNA fingerprinting
d) Pedigree

If you cross a homozygous recessive parent with a homozygous dominant parent, what will be the genotypic frequency?
a) 50% homozygous dominant, 50% heterozygous
b) 50% homozygous dominant; 50% homozygous recessive
c) 25% homozygous recessive; 25% homozygous dominant; 50% heterozygous
d) 100% heterozygous

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