Mendelian Genetics

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What is the percentage of offspring that will be heterozygous dominant in a monohybrid cross?

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50%

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What are the observable traits of an organism called?

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Phenotype

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What is the gene makeup of an organism for a particular trait known as?

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Genotype

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Who is known as the 'father of genetics'?

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Gregor Mendel

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True or False: A heterozygous dominant trait can be written as BB.

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False

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What is the term for different forms of a gene?

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Alleles

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What is the principle that states that alleles for different traits are distributed to gametes independently of one another?

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Law of Independent Assortment

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What is the term for an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is the term for an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?

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Heterozygous

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What is the expected phenotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross?

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3:1