Punnett Squares and Genetics

How many alleles (letters) does each person carry for a trait?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

Aa, DD, Bb, yy are all examples of

• genotypes

• phenotypes

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

B = brown eyes
b = blue eyes
What is true about these two brothers that have brown eyes?
One has genotype BB the other Bb.

• they have same phenotype and genotype
• they have different genotypes and phenotypes
• they have same phenotype but different genotypes
• they have same genotype but different phenotypes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

AA and Aa always show up as

• dominant
• recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

aa always shows up as

• dominant
• recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Aa is

• homozygous
• heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2