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What is the definition of heredity?
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The process of cells dividing to create new organisms
The chemical reaction that creates DNA within a cell
The passing on of traits from parents to their offspring
The study of how plants grow in different environments
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Why did Gregor Mendel choose to conduct his experiments on ordinary garden peas?
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They are small, easy to grow, and produce hundreds of offspring
They were the only plants available in the monastery garden
They have complex DNA structures similar to humans
They only reproduce through asexual reproduction
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What is the definition of heredity?
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Why did Gregor Mendel choose to conduct his experiments on ordinary garden peas?
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What describes the relationship between genes and alleles?
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What occurs during the process of fertilization in pea plants?
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According to Mendel’s Principle of Dominance, what happens if an organism has both a dominant allele and a recessive allele for a specific trait?
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What does the principle of dominance state?
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What term describes the set of observable characteristics or traits of an organism?
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Which term refers to the genetic makeup of an organism?
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An organism with two identical alleles for a particular gene is described as:
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If an organism has both a dominant allele and a recessive allele for a particular trait, what will it exhibit?
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What characterizes single-gene traits?
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Which of the following is considered a dominant trait for earlobe attachment?
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What is the expected phenotype percentage for offspring in a homozygous cross for freckles (FF × ff)?
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In the example of a heterozygous cross for tongue rolling (Rr × Rr), what percentage of offspring are expected to be "non-rollers"?
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If a parent with dimples (Dd) and a parent without dimples (dd) have children, what percentage of the offspring are expected to have dimples?
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In a case of incomplete dominance, what describes the phenotype of a heterozygous individual?
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Which term describes a situation where the phenotypes produced by both alleles are clearly expressed, such as chickens in the photo?
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A rabbit's coat color is determined by a single gene that has at least four different alleles. This is an example of which pattern of inheritance?
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Which blood type is considered the universal recipient because they can receive blood from any other type (O-, O+, B-, B+, A-, A+, AB-, AB+)?
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A person with blood type O- can donate to which of the following recipients?
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A woman with Type O blood and a man with Type AB blood have a child. What are the possible blood types for this offspring?
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What characterizes a polygenic trait?
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If a person has the genotype "BB", which blood types can they donate blood to?
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Mrs. Clink has Type A blood and Mr. Clink has Type O blood. Why is it genetically impossible for them to be the biological parents of a child with Type AB blood?
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A mother has Type A blood and her baby has Type B blood. Which of the following men could NOT be the father?
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The study of the Dutch Hunger Winter demonstrated that environmental factors can impact health at which stage of life?
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In the NASA Twin Study, what occurred to Scott Kelly's telomeres while he was in space?
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In the analogy "Genetics loads the gun, but the environment pulls the trigger," what represents the "gun"?
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How does the lesson describe the relationship between DNA and epigenetics?
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How do whole foods like leafy greens assist in gene regulation?
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When Mendel crossed true-breeding tall plants with true-breeding short plants, what was the result in the F1 generation?
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What happens to alleles for a specific gene during the formation of gametes?
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In Mendel’s F2 generation, approximately what fraction of the plants showed the trait controlled by the recessive allele?
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An organism that has two identical alleles for a particular gene (such as GG or gg) is described as what?
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A cross between red-flowered and white-flowered plants results in pink flowers. What pattern of inheritance is this?
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Where are genes located within the cell?
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What term describes a cell that contains two sets of homologous chromosomes?
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What is the definition of "homologous" chromosomes?
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What occurs during the process called "crossing-over"?
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By the end of meiosis, what is produced from a single diploid cell?
