Heredity: Punnett Squares and Pedigrees

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

• recessive trait
• aggressive trait
• absent trait
• dominant trait

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True or False:  Recessive traits are ALWAYS present 

• True
• False

Offspring receives two sets of _____________ (one from each parent)

• blue jeans
• genes
• machines
• pedigree

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A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid
• Genetic Tic Tac Toe
• Punnett Square
• Pedigree Plot

_____________________ are cells that join to make offspring

• speed cells
• sex cells
• pea cells
• pedigree cells

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__________________ is a tool for tracing through generations of family members.

• Pedigree
• Probability
• Purebred
• Punnett Square

Bunny A’s fur is all brown, while his brother and sisters are half brown and half white. The bunnies’ father is all brown, and the mother bunny is half brown and half white. Which best describes why Bunny A has brown fur?

• The bunny inherited a brown fur characteristic from each parent. 
• The bunny inherited a white fur characteristic from each parent. 
• The bunny rejected the white characteristics from its mother.
• The bunny rejected the brown characteristics from its father.

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One of the forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

• allele

• gene

• trait

• DNA

The physical appearance of a gene:

• Genotype
• Heredity
• Phenotype
• Allele

Which of the following pairs is homozygous dominant?

• Hh
• pp
• HH
• aa

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