Genetics Questions

   1. What is the name given to a small section of DNA that codes for a protein?

   2. What is an allele?

   3. True or false? In humans, genes are found in pairs

   4. State the female sex chromosomes

   5. State the male sex chromosomes 

   6. True or false? Cystic fibrosis is a recessive disorder

   7. What is the phenotype?

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   8. What is the name of the scientist that made discoveries about genetic inheritance by carrying out experiments using pea plants?

   9. What does homozygous mean?

   10. What does heterozygous mean?