WGU C653 HEREDITY AND GENETICS TEST
BANK QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● What does heredity refer to in genetics?
Answer: Heredity refers to how characteristics are passed from parents
to offspring.
●● What is genetic variation?
Answer: Genetic variation explains why individuals aren't all genetically
identical.
●● What is pangenesis?
Answer: Pangenesis is the idea that characteristics acquired during an
organism's lifetime can be passed to offspring.
●● What is preformationism?
Answer: Preformationism is the belief that an organism is completely
formed at conception, represented by the concept of a homunculus.
●● What is a homunculus?
Answer: A homunculus is imagined as a miniature human curled inside a
gamete.
, ●● What is blending inheritance?
Answer: Blending inheritance is the idea that offspring are a mix of the
parents' phenotypes, which cannot be separated in future generations.
●● What is a gene?
Answer: A gene is the fundamental unit of heredity and a unit of
hereditary information found on chromosomes.
●● What is a locus?
Answer: A locus is the specific location of a gene on a chromosome.
●● What are alleles?
Answer: Alleles are different forms of a gene.
●● What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
Answer: Genotype refers to the genetic makeup/alleles, while phenotype
refers to the observable characteristics.
●● How are genes carried?
Answer: Genes are carried on chromosomes, which consist of DNA and
associated proteins.
BANK QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● What does heredity refer to in genetics?
Answer: Heredity refers to how characteristics are passed from parents
to offspring.
●● What is genetic variation?
Answer: Genetic variation explains why individuals aren't all genetically
identical.
●● What is pangenesis?
Answer: Pangenesis is the idea that characteristics acquired during an
organism's lifetime can be passed to offspring.
●● What is preformationism?
Answer: Preformationism is the belief that an organism is completely
formed at conception, represented by the concept of a homunculus.
●● What is a homunculus?
Answer: A homunculus is imagined as a miniature human curled inside a
gamete.
, ●● What is blending inheritance?
Answer: Blending inheritance is the idea that offspring are a mix of the
parents' phenotypes, which cannot be separated in future generations.
●● What is a gene?
Answer: A gene is the fundamental unit of heredity and a unit of
hereditary information found on chromosomes.
●● What is a locus?
Answer: A locus is the specific location of a gene on a chromosome.
●● What are alleles?
Answer: Alleles are different forms of a gene.
●● What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?
Answer: Genotype refers to the genetic makeup/alleles, while phenotype
refers to the observable characteristics.
●● How are genes carried?
Answer: Genes are carried on chromosomes, which consist of DNA and
associated proteins.
