GENETICS EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The idea of heredity was first thought of by...
Answer: Gregor Mendel
◉ What plant did Mendel use for his experiments?
Answer: The common garden pea (CGP)
◉ What are model organisms?
Answer: very agreeable and manageable to study. The findings can
often be applied to many other organisms.
◉ Monohybrid cross
Answer: hybrids for a single trait
◉ true-breeding
Answer: lineages fixed for one trait (purple flowers only produce
purple flowers)
◉ How did Mendel breed two pea plants?
,Answer: took the stamen (♂) from the female before it was mature
→ transferred pollen from another plant to control matings → plant
was fertilized
◉ The first initial generation is called the...
Answer: F1 generation
◉ The generation with the parents is called the...
Answer: P generation
◉ What is the second generation...
What is the ratio?
Answer: F2 generation
3:1
◉ What is a character?
Answer: a specific trait
◉ How many offspring did Mendel produce from the F2 gen. for
each character?
Answer: ~1,000-8,000
, ◉ Domiant
Answer: visible trait
◉ recessive
Answer: absent trait
◉ alleles
Answer: alternative versions of genes
◉ for each character, an organism inherits _ alleles, one from each
______
Answer: 2; parent
◉ Pairs of chromosomes =
Answer: pairs of genes
◉ Heterozygote
Answer: When two alleles differ
◉ Gametes are produced via
Answer: meiosis
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The idea of heredity was first thought of by...
Answer: Gregor Mendel
◉ What plant did Mendel use for his experiments?
Answer: The common garden pea (CGP)
◉ What are model organisms?
Answer: very agreeable and manageable to study. The findings can
often be applied to many other organisms.
◉ Monohybrid cross
Answer: hybrids for a single trait
◉ true-breeding
Answer: lineages fixed for one trait (purple flowers only produce
purple flowers)
◉ How did Mendel breed two pea plants?
,Answer: took the stamen (♂) from the female before it was mature
→ transferred pollen from another plant to control matings → plant
was fertilized
◉ The first initial generation is called the...
Answer: F1 generation
◉ The generation with the parents is called the...
Answer: P generation
◉ What is the second generation...
What is the ratio?
Answer: F2 generation
3:1
◉ What is a character?
Answer: a specific trait
◉ How many offspring did Mendel produce from the F2 gen. for
each character?
Answer: ~1,000-8,000
, ◉ Domiant
Answer: visible trait
◉ recessive
Answer: absent trait
◉ alleles
Answer: alternative versions of genes
◉ for each character, an organism inherits _ alleles, one from each
______
Answer: 2; parent
◉ Pairs of chromosomes =
Answer: pairs of genes
◉ Heterozygote
Answer: When two alleles differ
◉ Gametes are produced via
Answer: meiosis
