Basics of Mendelian Genetics

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What did Gregor Mendel study?

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Pea Plants

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Who is Gregor Mendel?

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an Austrian Monk from the mid 1800s who contributed to the study of Genetics

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What was the theory of genetics before Mendel did his experiments?

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All traits were a mixing of the parents' traits.

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What specifically about Pea Plants did Mendel Study?

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All of these

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What is Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment?

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The passing of allele of one trait does not affect the passing of allele of another trait.

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Mendel's Law of Segregation means?

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Every person has two alleles for each trait, they segregate from each other and are passed down at random.

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Which of the following is homozygous dominant? RR, Rr, rr

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RR

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Which of the following is heterozygous? MM, Mm, mm

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Mm

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Which of the following is homozygous recessive? QQ, Qq, qq

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qq

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What term denotes the physical expression of a gene?

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phenotype