Chap9 - Mendelian Genetics

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A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance. What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?

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100%

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How many PAIRS of chromosomes do humans have?

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23

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Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

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genotypes

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Snap dragon color is an incomplete dominant trait. A red flower (RR) is crossed with a white flower (rr). What color are flowers that are Rr?

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Pink

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An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

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one

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What you see, or the physical appearance.

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Phenotype

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What do you call the non-Mendelian inheritance pattern that states that neither trait is dominant and the traits appear to blend together?

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Incomplete dominance

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In butterfly bushes, dark purple and pink parents will produce offspring with lavender flowers. This is a result of

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incomplete dominance

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The observable traits of an organism are known as its

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phenotype

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The genes of the pair contributed by each parent for a particular trait are called: variables, gametes, hybrids, alleles

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alleles