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11.1 Mendel's work

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  • Q1
    Gregor Mendel removed the male parts from the flowers of some plants in order to
    prevent cross-pollination
    control crosses between plants
    prevent hybrids from forming
    stimulate self-pollination
    30s
  • Q2
    When Gregor Mendel crossed a tall plant with a short plant, the F1 plants inherited ______________allele from each parent.
    one
    four
    two
    three
    30s
  • Q3
    If a pea plant’s alleles for height are tt, what is true of its parents?
    both parents contributed a dominant allele
    both parents were tall
    both parents were short
    both parents contributed a recessive allele
    30s
  • Q4
    The different forms of a gene are called
    alleles
    traits
    hybrids
    pollinations
    20s
  • Q5
    A trait is a specific characteristic that can vary from one individual to another.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q6
    True-breeding plants that produced axial flowers were crossed with true-breeding plants that produced terminal flowers. The resulting offspring all produced terminal flowers because the allele for terminal flowers is recessive.
    False
    True
    45s
  • Q7
    Due to the process of segregation, alleles separate during the production of ____________________ .
    daughter cells
    budding
    gametes
    binary fission
    30s
  • Q8
    Mendel concluded that some alleles are ______________________ and others are __________________.
    dominant, genetic
    dominant, recessive
    recessive, reproductive
    genes, hybrids
    30s
  • Q9
    Offspring of crosses between parents with different traits are called
    homologs
    gametes
    alleles
    hybrids
    30s

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