Honors Science Genetic Crosses

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What is the mother's genotype in a genetic cross if she has two recessive alleles?

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dd

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What does the genotype Bb represent?

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Heterozygous

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What is the genotype that represents one dominant and one recessive allele?

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Aa

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How do dominant genes compare to recessive genes?

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Stronger than

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What does the genotype Aa indicate about the alleles?

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Heterozygous

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What is the genotype for homozygous dominant?

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AA

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What is the genotype for homozygous recessive?

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aa

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In a genetic cross, what does a capital letter represent?

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A dominant allele

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In a genetic cross, what does a lowercase letter represent?

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A recessive allele

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What is the purpose of a Punnett square?

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To predict the genotypes of offspring from a genetic cross