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MCQS on Heredity and Genetics
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Who is known as the 'Father of Genetics'?
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Mendel performed his famous genetics experiments on which plant?
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The basic physical and functional unit of heredity is a:
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Alternative forms of a gene are called:
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The observable physical characteristics of an organism are known as its:
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According to Mendel's Law of Segregation:
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Humans have how many pairs of chromosomes in a typical somatic cell?
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A genetic cross between a homozygous dominant individual and a homozygous recessive individual yields an F1 generation that is:
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The structure of DNA was discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick in the year:
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A sudden, heritable change in the genetic material of an organism is called a:
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