Statistics for A to Z: Reproduction and Genetics

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This quiz has been taken 193 times
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Hint	Answer	% Correct
B: A person has a gene for blue eyes and one for brown eyes; the actual eye colour will be....	Brown	82%
C: Any method of preventing pregnancy	Contraception	71%
S: Ejaculated fluid that contains male gametes	Semen	70%
G: The study of inheritance	Genetics	62%
M: A random change in a gene or chromosome	Mutation	62%
N: Cell organelle that houses an individual’s DNA	Nucleus	57%
Z: Cell formed when sperm and ovum fuse	Zygote	57%
P: Organ that develops in the uterus only during pregnancy	Placenta	56%
Y: Male babies ALWAYS inherit this from their male parent	Y chromosome	53%
A: Alternative forms of genes	Alleles	50%
Q: If 4 fertilized eggs complete the gestation period, these will be born	Quadruplets	47%
U: Connects the developing fetus to the placenta (2 wds)	Umbilical cord	45%
R: Type of allele that is expressed only in a homozygous setting	Recessive	41%
I: Mechanical birth control device (3-letter abbrev.)	IUD	39%
H: Having 2 different alleles for a certain trait	Heterozygous	36%
V: Observable differences between members of the same species	Variation	34%
X: Haploid number in humans (Roman numerals)	XXIII	32%
J: The texture of the coating that surrounds the unfertilized ovum	Jelly-like	29%
F: Stimulates development of an ovum (3-letter abbrev.)	FSH	27%
E: Storage site for maturing sperm cells	Epididymis	24%
D: Dome-shaped contraceptive device that covers the cervix	Diaphragm	21%
O: Where fertilization occurs in females (another name for Fallopian tube)	Oviduct	20%
T: Ratio of dominant to recessive phenotype in offspring of 2 heterozygous parents (3 wds)	Three to one	20%
L: Hormone that triggers ovulation	Leutenizing hormone	13%
W: Unreliable natural method of contraception	Withdrawal	9%