Biology 251 - Genetics » Spring 2021 » Topic 5.2 Quiz

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Question #1
When two genes control a single characteristic like fruit color, a dihybrid cross with parents that are homozygous recessive or homozygous dominant will generate progeny in the F2 generation that have a _____________ phenotypic ratio.
A.   9:3:3:1
B.   1:02:01
C.   3:01
D.   1:01
Question #2
When two genes control a single characteristic, a dihybrid cross with parents that are homozygous recessive or homozygous dominant that generates progeny in the F2 generation that have a 9:4:3 phenotypic ratio are demonstrating __________.
A.   incomplete dominance.
B.   recessive epistasis.
C.   codominance.
D.   a simple gene interaction.
E.   dominant epistasis.
Question #3
When a mutant phenotype that occurs in two different individuals results from mutant alleles from two different genes, it is possible to produce wild-type offspring from a mating due to _____________.
A.   epistasis
B.   complementation
C.   dominance
D.   incomplete penetrance
E.   expressivity
Question #4
A genetoype that could demonstrate the phenomenon of recessive epistasis would be:
A.   Aa
B.   AABb
C.   bb
D.   aa
E.   AaBb
F.   AAbb
Question #5
A gene that masks the phenotype of another gene is a ___________ gene.
A.   epigenetic
B.   recessive
C.   dominant
D.   epistatic
E.   hypostatic

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