Punnett Squares and Genetics

What is a GENOTYPE?

• the genetic make-up of an organism

• the physical trait of an organism

• mitosis

• meiosis

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PHENOTYPE is

• the genetic make-up of an organism

• the physical trait of an organism

• nucleic acid

• Aa

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What is the probability of heterozygous offspring?

• 25%
• 50%
• 0%
• 100%

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What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

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

• 25%
• 1%
• 10%
• 0%

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Which choice best represents the genotype of this cross?

• 1 Yy: 2 yy: 0 YY
• 2 Yy: 2 yy: 0 YY
• 3 Yy: 1 yy: 0 YY
• 1 Yy: 3 yy: 0 YY

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What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair) 

• 50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair 
• 25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair 
• 75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair 
• 0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair 

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

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

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In pea plants, the tall allele is dominant to the short allele. What key would demonstrate this?

• Tall = T
  Short = S
• Tall = T
  Short = t
• Tall = t
  Short = T
• Tall = TT
  Short = tt

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Identical twins have the exact same DNA

• True
• False