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Genetics Unit Test Study Guide

This study guide provides questions to help students prepare for a genetics unit test. It covers key genetics concepts and terminology including DNA structure, genotype and phenotype notation, Punnett squares, Mendel's laws of inheritance, blood type inheritance, dominant and recessive alleles, physical traits, genetics as a science, examples of heterozygous and homozygous phenotypes, sex chromosome combinations, definitions of genotype and phenotype, differences between chromosomes, traits, and genes, types of traits, reproduction, and examples of breeding techniques.

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Genetics Unit Test Study Guide

This study guide provides questions to help students prepare for a genetics unit test. It covers key genetics concepts and terminology including DNA structure, genotype and phenotype notation, Punnett squares, Mendel's laws of inheritance, blood type inheritance, dominant and recessive alleles, physical traits, genetics as a science, examples of heterozygous and homozygous phenotypes, sex chromosome combinations, definitions of genotype and phenotype, differences between chromosomes, traits, and genes, types of traits, reproduction, and examples of breeding techniques.

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Genetics Unit Test Study Guide

1. What does DNA look like?

2 What does the notation TT mean in genetics?

3. What does the notation Tt mean in genetics?

4. What does the notation tt mean in genetics?

5. What does a punnett square show?

6. The different forms of a gene (you get one from each parent for a trait)

7. What will the blood type be of a child born to parents with the following genotypes: AA x BB

8. An allele whose trait shows up even if just one allele is present.

11. Mendel noticed weaker traits were hidden by strong traits. What are these weaker traits called?

12. What is an organisms' physical appearance or visible traits called?

13. The study of how traits are inherited through the actions of alleles is the science of what?

14. In plants, tall is dominant over short. One of the offspring is heterozygous. What would the
PHENOTYPE for this offspring be?

15. Give an example of a heterozygous phenotype.

16. What is another term to represent the homozygous organism?

17. If you cross freckles(FF) with no freckles(ff), what are the possible genotypes?

18. Which combination of sex chromosomes result in a male human?

19. What is the definition of GENOTYPE and give an example

20. What is the definition of PHENOTYPE and give an example

21. What is the difference between a Chromosome, Trait and Gene

22. Whats the difference between an acquired and inherited trait?

23. Whats the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction?

24. What is an example of selected breeding, inbreeding and genetic engineering?

25. What does Homozygous and Heterozygous mean?

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