Anthropology 101 - Human Biological Evolution » Fall 2020 » Basic Inheritance Quiz

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Question #1
A person who is homozygous recessive at a locus has which of the following?
A.   an autosomal trisomy
B.   two copies of a dominant allele
C.   two copies of a recessive allele
D.   a recessive allele on the X chromosome only
Question #2
What is an individual’s actual genetic make-up called?
A.   recessiveness
B.   genotype
C.   homozygosity
D.   phenotypic ratio
Question #3
What is the term used to refer to the observable, physical expression of genotypes?
A.   phenotype
B.   genotypic ratio
C.   phenotypic ratio
D.   gneotype
Question #4
The passing of biological information from generation to generation is called
A.   inheritance
B.   transference
C.   genetic transference
D.   genetic replication
Question #5
The branch of biology that studies inheritance and variation is called
A.   Genetics
B.   ecology
C.   Variology
D.   Mendelian biology
Question #6
Mendel's studies verified existing ideas about blending inheritance
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
A locus is:
A.   a specific position of a gene on a chromosome
B.   the term used to describe having two of the same alleles
C.   the term used to describe a combination of alleles
D.   a destructive insect
Question #8
The formal definition of an allele is that it is
A.   the Latin term for genotype
B.   one of two alternative forms of a gene
C.   one of the four alternative forms of a gene
D.   the Greek term for a gene

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