Monohybrid Punnett Squares Flashcard

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What is a Punnett square used for in genetics?

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Predicting the traits of offspring

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What is the genotype of pea plants with homozygous yellow seeds if yellow seeds are dominant?

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YY

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In a monohybrid cross of pea plants with yellow (YY) and green (yy) seeds, what will be the genotype of 100% of the offspring?

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Yy

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What does a Punnett square help scientists understand?

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How traits are inherited from parents to offspring

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Monohybrid crosses involve crossing ___ trait(s).

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one

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Phenotype of offspring when homozygous yellow (YY) and homozygous green (yy) pea plants are crossed in a monohybrid cross?

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Yellow

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Heterozygous genotypes look like:

Hh

,

HH

,

hh

,

All of the above.

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Hh

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The genotype is ____ while the phenotype is the _____.

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set of alleles (letters), physical trait expressed

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A dominant allele (gene) is one that masks over the ____ allele (gene). Options: codominant, incompletely dominant, dominant, recessive

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recessive

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TT

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homozygous

dominant