genetics & inheritance 1 leaving certificate biology
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For €100: Who is regarded as the father of genetics?
A B
C D
Punnett Mendel
Harvey Fleming
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For €100: Who is regarded as the father of genetics?
A B
C D
Punnett Mendel
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For €200: Alternative forms of a gene are known as …
A B
C D
Autosomes Alleles
Junk genes Heterosomes
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For €200: Alternative forms of a gene are known as …
A B
C D
Alleles
Junk genes
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For €300: The diploid number of chromosomes
is restored as a result of …
A B
C D
Mitosis Meiosis
Gamete formation Fertilisation
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is restored as a result of …
A B
C DGamete formation Fertilisation
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Linkage
For €500: Which of the following refers to the
formation of an intermediate phenotype from the heterozygous condition?
A B
C D
Incomplete dominance
Independent assortment
Segregation
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For €500: Which of the following refers to the
formation of an intermediate phenotype from the heterozygous condition?
A B
C D
Incomplete dominance
Independent assortment
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For €1,000: Alleles are not found in pairs in …
A B
C D
Fertilised eggs Muscle cells
Nerve cells Sperm cells
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For €1,000: Alleles are not found in pairs in …
A B
C DNerve cells Sperm cells
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For €2,000: The physical appearance of an individual
as a result of the interaction of the genotype with the environment is called the …
A B
C D
Gene expression Phenotype
Genotype Gene pharming
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For €2,000: The physical appearance of an individual
as a result of the interaction of the genotype with the environment is called the …
A B
C D
Phenotype
Genotype
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For €4,000: Which of the following are possible
gametes from TTRr?
A B
C D
TR, Tr TT, Rr
TT, TR TT, Tr
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For €4,000: Which of the following are possible
gametes from TTRr?
A B
C D
TR, Tr TT, Rr
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For €8,000: A person with blood type A may receive a transfusion of which type(s) of blood?
A B
C D
A & AB A & O
AB & O AB
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For €8,000: A person with blood type A may receive a transfusion of which type(s) of blood?
A B
C D
A & O
AB & O
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For €16,000: Which of the following is a cross which results in 75% of the progeny having
the dominant phenotype?
A B
C D
TT x tt Tt x tt
Tt x Tt TT x Tt
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For €16,000: Which of the following is a cross which results in 75% of the progeny having
the dominant phenotype?
A B
C D
Tt x tt
Tt x Tt
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For €32,000: The process of changing the information
in a gene into a protein and the effect that protein has on the organism is called …
A B
C D
Gene pharming Genotype
Gene expression Phenotype
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C: Gene expression
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For €32,000: The process of changing the information
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A B
C D
Gene pharming
Gene expression
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For €64,000: Two heterozygous tall plants, each with
a recessive gene for dwarfism, are crossed. What proportion of their offspring will be dwarf?
A B
C D
1 in 2 1 in 4
1 in 3 1 in 8
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For €64,000: Two heterozygous tall plants, each with
a recessive gene for dwarfism, are crossed. What proportion of their offspring will be dwarf?
A B
C D
1 in 2 1 in 4
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For €125,000: A normal man marries a woman who is a carrier of the recessive haemophilia gene,
which is sex-linked. What proportion of their offspring could have the condition?
A B
C D
1 in 2 1 in 4
1 in 6 1 in 8
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For €125,000: A normal man marries a woman who is a carrier of the recessive haemophilia gene,
which is sex-linked. What proportion of their offspring could have the condition?
A B
C D
1 in 2 1 in 4
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For €250,000: What term is given to pieces of DNA that
do not code for a protein and seem to have no function other than to separate genes?
They are also known as junk genes.
A B
C D
Interons Genotype
Exons Phenotype
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do not code for a protein and seem to have no function other than to separate genes?
They are also known as junk genes.
A B
C D
Interons
Exons
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For €500,000: A colour-blind man marries a woman with
normal vision, whose father was colour blind. What are the chances that a son of theirs
will be colour-blind?
A B
C D
75% 100%
25% 50%
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For €500,000: A colour-blind man marries a woman with
normal vision, whose father was colour blind. What are the chances that a son of theirs
will be colour-blind?
A B
C D25% 50%
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For €1,000,000: What ratio would you expect in a dihybrid cross between a parent heterozygous for both traits and a parent homozygous recessive for both
traits (Independent assortment occurs).
A B
C D
9:3:3:1 1:1:1:1
1:1 3:1
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For €1,000,000: What ratio would you expect in a dihybrid cross between a parent heterozygous for both traits and a parent homozygous recessive for both
traits (Independent assortment occurs).
A B
C D
9:3:3:1 1:1:1:1
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