Genetics

Question 1

Probability that offspring of homozygous dominant x homozygous recessive will exhibit dominance

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1.0

Question 2

Heterozygous x homozygous recessive will

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be two different phenotypes

Question 3

What does the term "dihybrid" mean?

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Two traits are crossed

Question 4

What does the term "monohybrid" mean?

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there is only one trait crossed

Question 5

Tall (T) is dominant over short (t). Which represents the genotype heterozygous for tallness

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Tt

Question 6

The phenotype of an organism

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reflects all traits expressed

Question 7

When plants with two different characteristics, such as flower color and height are crossed

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one trait does not affect the inheritance of the other trait

Question 8

The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called

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heredity

Question 9

To describe how traits can disappear and reappear in certain patterns Mendel proposed the

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law of segregation

Question 10

A trait that occurs in 450 individuals out of 1,800 is a probability of

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.25

Question 11

If an individual has two recessive alleles for the same trait it is said to be

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homozygous

Question 12

Can I do Punnett squares?

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Yes

Question 13

Which of the following is the designation for the original parent plant

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P

Question 14

What is meant by genotype?

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The two alleles that make the gene

Question 15

The study of how traits are passed from parent to offspring is called

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genetics

Question 16

A genetic trait that appears in every generation of offspring is called

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dominant

Question 17

What would be in the upper left box?

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Yy

Question 18

The father of genetics is

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Gregor Mendel

Question 19

Mendel obtained his F1 generation by allowing plants to

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cross-pollinate

Question 20

An organism that has inherited two of the same allele is

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homozygous

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