Answers
1.What is the study of heredity called?
- Hereditology
- Anthropology
- Genetics
- Biology
ANS: Genetics.
Genetics is the scientific study of genes and heredity of how certain traits or characteristics are passed from parents to children.
What are genes?
- A double helix
- Histones
- A code of DNA
- The study of Genetics
ANS: A code of DNA.
Genes are made up of sequences of DNA and are arranged one after another at specific locations on chromosomes.
Full form of DNA:
- Dominant Nuclear Acid
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid
- Dual Nitrogen Acid
- Denominator of Numerous Alleles
ANS: Deoxyribonucleic acid.
DNA full form is deoxyribonucleic acid, and it is the hereditary material in humans.
What are alleles?
- Not a part of genetics
- The color of the eyes
- The shape of the nose
- Alternate forms of genes
ANS: Alternate forms of genes.
Alleles are two forms of genes, one from the biological mother and one from biological father.
