Genetics

Heterozygous is when...

• the alleles are the same
• the alleles are different
• the alleles are absent
• the alleles are present

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How many alleles (letters) does a child get from each parent for each trait?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

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

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

In a punnet square where are the parent alleles written?

• Top and inside the boxes
• Only on the left and right side of the boxes. 
• outside of the boxes (top and left side)
• All on the top side of the boxes

Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what probability of an offsprings' genotype?

• 25%
• 1%
• 10%
• 0%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

• Bb
• BB
• bb
• B

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

• rr
• R
• RR
• RR or Rr