Genetics Final Exam (Final exam for Pittcock Genetics)/Questions &Answers

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,Genetics final exam final exam for pittcock
genetics with complete solutions
What are deleterious genes and list one example - Answer alleles whose phenotype
results in significantly reduced fitness of an animal; Dexter cattle - short legs

Genetics - Answer The scientific study of heredity and hereditary variation.

Gregor Mendel is often referred to as - Answer "Father of Genetics"

What plant did Gregor Mendel study? - Answer peas

Why was Mendel more successful than other researchers? (what were they looking
for or at differently) - Answer 1. Picked easy organism to experiment
2. Picked plant that was diploid
3. Picked traits that were simply inherited
4. Mendel looked at traits separately

Define genetic improvement and list 3 examples - Answer The betterment of an
organism;
1. bigger
2. smaller
3. faster
4. hairless
5. quicker weight gain

Who created the term "genetics?' - Answer William Batesone

What is a chromosome? - Answer a DNA molecule composed of RNA and proteins
to form a threadlike structure; only visible during meiosis and mitosis (contains the
genes)

What is located on a chromosome? - Answer genes

What is the appearance of the structure of a DNA strand? - Answer double helix

Define DNA - Answer Genetic material makes up a gene and then makes up a
chromosome

List the bases that make up DNA - Answer Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine

What DNA bases are paired together? - Answer Adenine - Thymine
Cytosine - Guanine

List one dominant trait and the corresponding recessive trait
Cattle - Answer Dominant - polled
Recessive - horned

, Genetics final exam final exam for pittcock
genetics with complete solutions

List one dominant trait and the corresponding recessive trait
Chickens - Answer Dominant - feathered shanks
Recessive - clean shanks

List one dominant trait and the corresponding recessive trait
Horses - Answer Dominant - smooth hair
Recessive - curly hair

List one dominant trait and the corresponding recessive trait
Dogs - Answer Dominant - wire hair
Recessive - smooth hair

List one dominant trait and the corresponding recessive trait
Cats - Answer Dominant - short hair
Recessive - long hair

List one dominant trait and the corresponding recessive trait
Tomato - Answer Dominant - small fruit
Recessive - large fruit

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied:
Seed color - Answer yellow, green

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied:
Flower color - Answer purple, white

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied:
Seed shape - Answer round, wrinkled

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied:
Pod color - Answer green, yellow

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied:
Pod shape - Answer inflated, constricted

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied:
Flower position - Answer axial, terminal

List pairs of characteristics and the traits (specific phenotypes) of each trait Mendel
studied: