Campbell Biology Chapter 14 Test Bank Questions & Verified Answers

Campbell Biology Chapter 14 Test Bank Questions & Verified Answers 1) Which of the following statements is correct in describing the terms monohybrid cross and dihybrid cross? - ️️ - B) A dihybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for two characters that are being studied, and a monohybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for only one character being studied. 2) What was the most significant conclusion that Gregor Mendel drew from his experiments with pea plants? - ️️ - B) Traits are inherited in discrete units and are not the result of "blending." 3) How many unique gametes could be produced through independent assortment by an individual with the genotype AaBbCCDdEE? - ️️ - B) 8 4) The individual with genotype AaBbCCDdEE can make many kinds of gametes. Which of the following correctly describes why this situation is possible? - ️️ - C) different possible assortment of chromosomes into gametes occurs 5) Mendel continued some of his experiments into the F2 or F3 generation in order to ________. - ️️ - B) observe whether or not a recessive trait would reappear 6) Which of the following statements about independent assortment or segregation is correct? - ️️ - A) The law of independent assortment describes the behavior of two or more genes relative to one another. 7) A sexually reproducing animal has two unlinked genes, one for head shape (H) and one for tail length (T). Its genotype is HhTt. Which of the following genotypes is possible in a gamete from this organism? - ️️ - D) H