BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach

Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance

Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance

1.
What is the probability that five coin tosses will all land tails up?
A)1 in 32
B)1 in 16
C)1 in 5
D)1 in 10
2.
What is the term for the grid shown here, used to display genetic information?
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A)a Punnett grid
B)a Punnett square
C)a self-fertilization grid
D)a self-fertilization square
3.
In a first-generation cross of true-breeding plants, Mendel found that only one of each pair of traits was visible. He called this trait the ____ trait.
A)filial
B)generational
C)recessive
D)dominant
4.
If both alleles in a plant are the same, the plant's genotype is said to be ____.
A)a phenotype
B)homozygous
C)heterozygous
D)segregated
5.
Female mammals have what combination of sex chromosomes?
A)one X and one Y
B)two X chromosomes
C)two Y chromosomes
D)one R and one r chromosome
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