Genetics Quiz 🧬
1 What is the term for the condensed form of DNA that becomes visible during cell division?
It's what chromosomes are made of...
Chromatin
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2 What genetic condition results from having an extra X chromosome in males (44 + XXY)?
Different from Klinefelter syndrome but similar chromosome count...
XYY syndrome
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3 What is the name of the sugar-phosphate backbone component in DNA?
It links nucleotides together...
Phosphate group
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4 What is the term for the observable characteristics of an organism?
It's the physical expression of genotype...
Phenotype
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5 What is the term for chromosomes that determine an organism's sex?
In humans, these are X and Y...
Sex chromosomes
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6 What is the inheritance pattern when a gene has more than two possible alleles (like blood type)?
ABO blood groups demonstrate this...
Multiple allelism
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7 What is the term for the protein synthesis factories in cells?
They read mRNA and assemble amino acids...
Ribosomes
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8 What is the term for the process where gametes are formed with half the chromosome number?
It involves two rounds of division...
Meiosis
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9 What is the name of the female scientist whose X-ray diffraction images were crucial to discovering DNA's structure?
Her famous image was Photo 51...
Rosalind Franklin
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10 What is the term for the parts of a chromosome that are connected by a centromere?
They separate during cell division...
Chromatids
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