Intro to Genetics

Intro to Genetics

Multiple Choice

What type of plants did Mendel work with?

• Pea plants

• Roses

• Corn plant

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT one of the traits Mendel worked with?

• height

• seed shape

• color of flowers

• size of flowers

Multiple Choice

The reproductive organs of plants are

• leaves

• roots

• flowers

• stems

Fill in the Blank

If a plant with red flowers are pure breeding, their offspring would be what color?

Open Ended

Do you think their seeds would be smooth or wrinkled?

Open Ended

Why do you think their offspring were always purple?

Multiple Choice

If purebred tall plants are crossed with purebred short plants and the offspring are tall, which is the dominant trait?

• tall

• short

• medium

• I don't know

Multiple Choice

A cross between purebred tall plants and purebred short plants produces the ____ generation

• P

• F1

• F2

Poll

What is your prediction

• only purple plants

• only whit plants

• flowers that are pale purple

• some flowers that are purple and some that are white

Open Ended

In your own words, restate the Law of Segregation

Multiple Choice

What accounts for the Law if Independent assortment?

• crossing over during prophase I of meiosis

• DNA replication

• transcription of the DNA molecule

• formation of tetrads during meiosis

Multiple Choice

P is the allele for purple flowers; p is the allele for white flowers. What is the genotype for a heterozygous plant?

• pink

• purple

• PP

• Pp

Multiple Choice

P is the allele for purple flowers; p is the allele for white flowers. What is the phenotype for a heterozygous plant?

• pink

• purple

• PP

• Pp