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What type of cell does mitosis create?
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What is the correct statement to describe the difference between a sex cell and a somatic cell?
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Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about genes?
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Which of these is an inherited trait?
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Which of these can you change?
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A woman is an excellent cook. Why are her children likely to become good cooks?
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What is the study of heredity?
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What is heredity?
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What are genes?
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Find the answer that best fits: Asexual organisms:
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In sexual reproduction, organism have either:
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Homozygous traits are revealed in genotypes that are:
This quiz will be used as a pre-test and a post-test to measure students gain scores on the topic of genetics. Do your best, if you don't know the answer it is best to guess rather than leave a blank.
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Sample QuestionFind the answer that best fits: Asexual organisms:
There are so many ways in which we can put our knowledge of genetics to good use. The most effective way, for example, is that we can look at our heredity to see if our parents or someone else in generations further up suffering...
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Sample QuestionSelect the CORRECT statement about DNA and RNA:
This quiz is 5 basic questions on genetics.
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Sample QuestionWhen the alleles are the same they are called...
You might wonder why it’s so important to analyze the small, seemingly insignificant details of a person’s genetic make-up. But what you might not realize is that some things about ourselves can’t be seen by the...
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Sample QuestionIn a pea plant that is heterozygous for seed color, what proportion of gametes will carry the recessive allele?
Have you been keeping your nose in a book and revising the knowledge you’ve been picking up on genetics at school? You might think you know your stuff, but we’ll see if you can put your money where your mouth is in...
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Sample QuestionWhat is a dominant allele?
In simple terms, our DNA is what makes us who we are. In forensics, DNA is how suspects and victims can be identified, as there are certain trace elements in our DNA put there through years of genetic patterns forming in our...
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Sample QuestionWho is the father of modern genetics
In the following practice exam on applied genetics, we aim to put you to the test against a series of questions related to the biological study which allows us to analyze our genetic patterns and see if we are more or less likely...
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Sample QuestionA change in a gene is called
The study of genetics allows us to analyze the patterns by which traits are passed down from parents to their offspring through their genes. These patterns can be used to see simple things like the color of a person’s skin...
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Sample QuestionWhat are alternate forms of a gene?
Genetics is a wonderful study which lets us know more about our genetic make-up than the naked eye could ever allow us to. It makes us understand how likely we are to suffer from a life-threatening illness if our parents happened...
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Sample QuestionHardy-Weinberg equilibrium assumes that in the population
In the following science quiz as issued by a school teacher for her pupils, we’ll be looking at the biological study of genetics, discovered by Gregor Mendel, which allows us to analyze a person’s genes, genetic...
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Sample QuestionWhat is the study of the passing on of traits from an organism to its offspring?
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Sample QuestionHumans have ___pairs of chromosomes
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Sample QuestionSequencing of the first three human genomes revealed that the percent of our SNPs likely to influence our phenotypes is
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Sample QuestionWhat are stem cells?
Do you want to test your genetic knowledge? This quiz is based on a pedigree diagram which represents biological relationships between an organism and its ancestors. Let's play this quiz and prove yourself!
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Sample QuestionII-3 in the pedigree below has two brothers with hemophilia A, a bleeding disorder that is inherited as an X‑linked recessive trait. What is the risk of hemophilia for her children?
Years and years ago, if somebody had a chance of developing a life-threatening illness as a result of their previous generations suffering from it, they’d have to roll the dice and hope for the best until the day that they...
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Sample QuestionWhat observation did Griffith make in his experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae?
If you’re worried about your chances of developing a disease like cancer or heart disease as a result of your parents having it, then perhaps it might be wise to get yourself a genetic screening test done. Even if you...
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Sample QuestionWhat is the most common form of genetic screening?
A pedigree chart is used in biology to show the occurrence of a certain gene or organism from one ancestor to another. It can be essential to track medical problems that have ailed members of your family. Test your...
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Sample QuestionWhat is a pedigree chart?
There is a theory that states that as human, we have the genetic coding that prevents us from getting older than 120 years. This being said, a scientist gives a lot to uncover if it is possible to live forever without the body...
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Sample QuestionPrior to 1800's what was accepted as genetics
Let’s take a look at the study of biology, shall we? More specifically, we’ll be looking at the subject, which allows us to analyze our genetic make-up so that we might be able to identify the risk of developing a...
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Sample QuestionWhat is the study of heredity?
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Sample QuestionAn inducible gene is transcribed when a specific substance is present.
Genetics Chapter 4
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Sample QuestionIn humans SRY is the male determining gene.
This is the final test for genetics. It consists of 35 questions.
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Sample QuestionIf a frog's cell has 26 chromosomes, then its sex cells must have________chromosomes.
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Sample QuestionWhat are punnett squares used to show?
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Sample QuestionWhich of the choices best describes macroevolution?
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Sample QuestionWhich of these was Gregor Mendel not know as?
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Sample QuestionA diploid somatic cell from a rat has a total of 42 chromosomes (2n = 42). As in humans, sex chromosomes determine sex: XX in females and XY in males. What is the total number of telomeres in a rat cell in G2?
Welcome to a quiz on applied genetics for intellectuals, where we’ll be dishing out a plethora of questions regarding all things to do with genes, zygotes, traits, haemophilia, colour-blindness, red blood cells and much...
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Sample QuestionA normal human diploid zygote contains a full set of
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Sample QuestionDominant will always mask the recessive allele.
Genetics is a branch of the scientific study of biology which deals with heredity, genes and genetic variation, and allows us to gain specific knowledge about our bodies that we couldn’t be able to tell with the naked eye....
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Sample QuestionIn honeybees, fertilized eggs develop into:
