Monohybrid Crosses

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What predicts genetic outcomes?

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Punnet square

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The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring is known as?

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Heredity

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In cacti, long arms (A) are dominant to short arms (a). If two heterozygous cacti are crossed, what percentage of their offspring are expected to have short arms?

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25%

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Which of the following is a phenotype? BB, Bb, bb, Blue eyes

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Blue eyes

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What are the phenotype percentages of the offspring? (A-Brown fur color; a-white fur color)

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75% Brown fur and 25% White fur

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What is a monohybrid cross?

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A genetic cross between individuals that involves one pair of contrasting traits.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism, represented by alleles.

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What is a phenotype?

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The observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism.

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What does homozygous mean?

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Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.

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What does heterozygous mean?

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Having two different alleles for a particular gene.