If a child inherits one gene for brown eyes and one gene for blue eyes, she will have brown eyes. ...

If a child inherits one gene for brown eyes and one gene for blue eyes, she will have brown eyes. The gene for brown eyes is said to be
 
  A) recessive.
  B) regulator.
  C) mutated.
  D) dominant.

Question 2

If a child inherits one gene for brown eyes and one gene for blue eyes, she will have brown eyes. The gene for blue eyes is said to be
 
  A) dominant.
  B) regulatory.
  C) recessive.
  D) mutated.

Question 3

Alphonse has brown eyes, and his wife Marielle has blue eyes. If brown eyes are dominant, and Ron has two genes for brown eyes, their children will all have
 
  A) blue eyes.
  B) brown eyes.
  C) one blue eye and one brown eye.
  D) hazel eyes.

Question 4

Robert is a dark-skinned Kenyan, and his wife Lorna is a light-skinned Swede. It is likely their baby Lucy will be born with tan skin. This is an example of
 
  A) additive heredity.
  B) dominant genes.
  C) recessive genes.
  D) preformationism.

Question 5

Robert is a dark-skinned Kenyan, and his wife Lorna is a light-skinned Swede. It is likely their baby Lucy will be born with __________ skin.
 
  A) dark
  B) pale
  C) albino
  D) tan

Question 6

Mark has soft, fine hair. Mary's hair is coarse and thick. It is likely that their baby's hair will be
 
  A) soft and fine.
  B) coarse and thick.
  C) somewhere in between thick and fine, and between coarse and soft.
  D) soft and thick.