Mendelian Genetics Intro.

The "Father of Genetics"

• Isaac Newton
• Gregor Mendel
• Albert Einstein
• Robert Hooke

The term for the different forms of a trait. 

• DNA
• Chromosomes
• Genes
• Alleles

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The trait that always shows. 

• Dominant 
• Recessive
• Hidden
• Overt

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The hidden trait.  You need two of these alleles for the trait to show.

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Hidden
• Overt

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Passing on traits from parents to offspring

• Chromosome

• Genotype

• Heredity

• Allele

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the percentage of homozygous recessive offspring?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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Dominant alleles are represented by a(n)

• phenotype
• lower case letter
• upper case letter
• punnett square 

What percentage of the possible offspring will be hybrids?

• 25%
• 50%
• 75%
• 100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Why do we see only tall plants in the second generation?

• The gene for tall height is dominant
• The gene for short height is dominant
• The gene for tall height is recessive
• The parents did not have the tall gene

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The dominant trait in this punnett square is

• yellow pea seeds
• green pea seeds
• there is no dominant seed

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