Genetics Review

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What is the dominant allele for tallness in pea plants?

Back

Tall = T

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What is the recessive allele for shortness in pea plants?

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Short = t

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What is the genotypic ratio of offspring from a monohybrid cross?

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1:2:1

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What does incomplete dominance mean in genetics?

Back

Traits are blended.

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What is the term for when a piece of a chromosome is lost?

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Deletion

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What does the Law of Independent Assortment state?

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Genes from different traits are inherited independently of one another.

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What is the term for a genetic cross between two individuals?

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Punnett square.

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What is the phenotypic ratio of offspring from a monohybrid cross?

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3:1

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What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?

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Genotype is the genetic makeup; phenotype is the physical expression.

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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What is a homozygous genotype?

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An organism with two identical alleles for a trait.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1