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

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