Chromosome Quizzes & Trivia

Everyone has chromosomes in their body; they are vital to our existence and contain the DNA which makes us who we are. Do you know about chromosomes, and what they provide in our bodies? If you try one of our specifically created chromosome quizzes you can find out how much knowledge you have on the subject.

Do you know which species contain plasmids or what chromatin is? Do you know who Walter Sutton and Theodore Boveri are and what they have to do with the knowledge we have of chromosomes today? If you’re interested in science, and the human body, then you’ve probably read a lot about chromosomes. If you want to test your memory then take one of chromosome quizzes.

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Take This Quiz Up To Chromosomal Inheritance

In the study of biology, the chromosome theory of inheritance (often referred to as the Sutton-Boveri theory) explains how chromosomes are the carriers of genetic material that we receive from our respective parent cells. What do...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 373 | Last updated: May 20, 2019

Sample Question
In genetics a "wild" type is

The phenotype most commonly found in nature

The dominant allele

Small letter for recessive, captial letter for dominant

The trait found on the x chromosome

A party animal

Quiz: How Much Do You Know About The Chromosome - Linked Heritage?

The Y chromosome is known as 1 of the two sex chromosomes found in mammals. It is also known as the sex-determining chromosome in most species. In other words, its presence or absence that determines the male/female sex of...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 167 | Last updated: May 20, 2020

Sample Question
How many base pairs can be found in the human Y chromosome?

59

60

65

70

Bio1334 Genetics - Molecular Genetics - DNA And Chromosomes (Lecture One)

Quiz on content from Lecture One of Genetics module.

Questions: 31 | Attempts: 197 | Last updated: Nov 4, 2015

Sample Question
Name the Scientist that isolated nuclein (now nucleic acid) from human pus.

Friedrich Miescher

Rosalind Franklin

Alfred Hershey

Francis Crick