Genetics Test - Heredity

1.
5. A cross of a red cow ( BRBR) and a white cow
(BWBW) produces all roan offspring (BwBR).
Which of the following identifies this type of
inheritance?
A. incomplete dominance
B. polygenic inheritance
C. codominance
D. multiple alleles

2. Which of the following correctly describes

codominance?

A. neither allele for a trait is dominant over the

other
B. there is one dominant allele and one
recessive allele
C. both alleles are dominant
D. alleles are connected to one of the sex
chromosomes

6. Traits for snapdragon flowers exhibit

incomplete dominance. If two snapdragon
plants with pink flowers are crossed, what
percent of offspring will have red flowers?
A.
B.
C.
D.

0%
25%
50%
75%

3.
7. A trait for fur color in cats is controlled by

codominance. Cats have alleles for black fur

(FB) or tan fur (FT), and when they are
heterozygous, they have black and tan stripes
and are called tabby cats (FBFT). A tabby cat is
crossed with a black fur cat. What percent of
the offspring will be tabby cats?

A.
B.
C.
D.

4. Which of the following correctly describes sexlinked traits?

A. neither allele for a trait is dominant over the
other
B. there is one dominant allele and one
recessive allele
C. both alleles are dominant
D. alleles are connected to one of the sex
chromosomes

25%
50%
75%
100%

8. Which of the following shows all possible

genotypes of an individual with blood type A?

A.
B.
C.
D.

IAi and ii
IAIB and IAIA
IAi and IAIA
IAIA only

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9.
12. Traits controlled by genes on the X

chromosome are called sex-linked traits. In

which individuals are X-linked recessive traits
more commonly expressed?
A. males because they have only one X
chromosome
B. females because they have only one X
chromosome
C. males because they have two X
chromosomes
D. females because they have two X
chromosomes

13. Which of the following correctly identifies all of

the alleles for blood type?

10.

A. IA is dominant while IB and i are recessive

B. IA and IB are dominant
C. IA and IB are recessive while i is dominant
D. IA and IB are dominant while i is recessive

14.

11.

Hemophilia is X-linked recessive.

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15.
17.

18.

16.

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20.

22.

In pea plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t) and yellow (Y)
is dominant to green (g). A heterozygous tall heterozygous
yellow pea plant is crossed with a homozygous short
homozygous green pea plant.
23. What fraction of the offspring will be tall and yellow?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 3/4
D. 16/16
24. What fraction of the offspring will be short and yellow?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 3/4
D. 16/16
25. What fraction of the offspring will be short?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2
C. 3/4

21. Which of the following correctly describes

complete dominance?
A. inheritance pattern where one allele is dominant,
and one allele is recessive
B. inheritance pattern where neither allele is dominant
C. inheritance pattern where both alleles are dominant
D. inheritance pattern where the allele for a trait is
carried on a sex chromosome

D. 16/16

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29. What can a woman with color blindness (XbXb)
expect?
A. 100% of her sons to be colorblind
B. 50% of her sons to be colorblind
C. 100% of her daughters to be colorblind
D. 50% of her daughters to be colorblind

The phenotypes and genotypes for feather color in a

certain chicken species are shown in the chart below. A
rooster with black feathers is crossed with a hen that has
speckled feathers.

30. In humans, color blindness (Xb) is recessive, and

normal vision (XB) is dominant. A female with color
blindness would have which genotype?
A. XbXb
B. XBXb
C. XbYb
D. XBYb

In people, the trait for colorblindness (Xb) is a recessive

sex-linked trait and normal vision (XB) is dominant. A
female who is heterozygous for colorblindness has
children with a man who has normal vision.

26. What are the possible phenotypes of offspring

produced?
A. only black
B. only speckled
C. black and speckled
D. black, white, and speckled

31. What percent of their male children would be expected

to be colorblind?
A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 100%
32. What percent of their female children would be
expected to be colorblind?
A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 100%

27. What percent of offspring will have speckled feathers?

A. 0%
B. 25%
C. 50%
D. 100%

33.

28. This sequence of nucleotides represents one side

of a double-stranded DNA molecule. ATGCAT. What
is the correct sequence of the mRNA transcript?
A. TUCGTU
B. TACGTA
C. UACGUA
D. UAGCUA