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pedigree and vocab practice OSE 8.4 Open Sci Ed genetics
By Darsha Olsen
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1.
In a pedigree, circles represent females and squares represent males.
True
False
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2.
What is the name for a chart that shows the relationships between family members and their inheritance of traits?
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3.
What is the term for an individual's collection of genes?
Genome
Phenotype
Genotype
Allele
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4.
Which of the following is/are true about homozygous alleles?
They have two different forms of a gene
They have two identical forms of a gene
They are represented by different letters in a Punnett square
They produce different traits in an organism
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5.
Genetic traits are always determined by a single gene.
True
False
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6.
What is the term for the physical appearance of an organism as determined by its genetic makeup?
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7.
Which of the following can be used to predict the probability of an offspring inheriting a trait?
Punnett square
Pedigree
Genome sequencing
DNA fingerprinting
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8.
A Punnett square can be used to determine the genotype of an organism.
True
False
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9.
What is the term for a variant form of a gene?