MIDTERMS Quiz 2

Question 1

What does Mendel’s Law of Segregation state?

Answer 1

Alleles separate during gamete formation

Question 2

Which pattern of inheritance results in offspring with a phenotype that is a blend of the parental traits?

Answer 2

Incomplete dominance

Question 3

Which pattern of inheritance results in both parental traits being fully expressed in the offspring?

Answer 3

Codominance

Question 4

Which law describes the independent inheritance of traits located on different chromosomes?

Answer 4

Law of Independent Assortment

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a non-Mendelian inheritance pattern?

Answer 5

Polygenic inheritance

Question 6

A trait controlled by two or more genes is known as a ________ trait.

Answer 6

Polygenic

Question 7

When one gene completely masks the expression of another gene, it is known as ________.

Answer 7

Epistasis

Question 8

A heterozygote for flower color has one allele for red flowers and one allele for white flowers. If the flowers are pink, this is an example of:

Answer 8

ncomplete dominance

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of codominance?

Answer 9

ABO blood groups

Question 10

Which concept is not part of Mendel’s discoveries in genetics?

Answer 10

Codominance