Genetics Makeup Assignment

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What type of traits are represented by a lowercase letter?

Back

Recessive traits are represented by a lowercase letter.

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What type of traits are represented by a capital letter?

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Dominant traits are represented by a capital letter.

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What is the purpose of a Punnett square?

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A Punnett square is used to predict the genetic makeup of offspring based on the genotypes of the parents.

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If 'G' means green skin and 'g' means brown skin, what is the chance the baby frogs will have brown skin if both parents are GG?

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0% chance of having brown skin.

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If Brown eyes (B) are dominant to Blue eyes (b), what color eyes will a person with genotype Bb have?

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Brown eyes.

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What types of traits are 'masked' by dominant traits?

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Recessive traits are masked by dominant traits.

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Define genotype.

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Genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism, represented by letters (e.g., BB, Bb, bb).

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Define phenotype.

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Phenotype is the observable physical characteristics of an organism, determined by its genotype.

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What does it mean if a trait is dominant?

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A dominant trait is one that will be expressed in the phenotype even if only one copy of the allele is present.

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What does it mean if a trait is recessive?

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A recessive trait is one that will only be expressed in the phenotype if two copies of the allele are present.