Basics of Mendelian Genetics

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Passing on traits from parents to offspring

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Heredity

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What is the percentage of homozygous recessive offspring? Options: 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%

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50%

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Which of the following is a heterozygous genotype? GG, gg, GGG, Gg

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Gg

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In Mendel's pea plants, if two homozygous recessive pea plants with white flowers are crossed, what color flowers would be seen in the offspring?

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white

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Dominant alleles are represented by a(n)

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upper case letter

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What is the genotype for a homozygous recessive offspring? Options: DD, Dd, dd

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dd

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What is the genotype for a homozygous dominant offspring when round (R) seeds are dominant to wrinkled (r) seeds?

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RR

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What do you call the physical expression of a gene?

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phenotype

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The term for the different forms of a trait.

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Alleles

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The genetic makeup of a trait. (The letters represent this)

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Genotype