Genetics & Punnett Squares

The study of how different traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• genetics

• geology

• nuclear physics

• chemistry

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The characteristics that make one individual different from another such as eye color and hair color.

• traits

• personality

• genealogy

• fraternal twin

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Which is a GENOTYPE?

• black hair

• BB

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PHENOTYPE is

• the genetic make-up of an organism

• the physical characteristic of the trait

• nucleic acid

• Aa

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Which is a PHENOTYPE?

• white fur

• Aa

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If A = red fur and a = white fur, what color fur would Aa be?

• red

• white

• purple

• blue

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If A = red fur and a = white fur, what is the probability of red fur?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

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What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

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What genotype would go in box 2? And is it Homozygous or Heterozygous?

• BB Heterozygous

• Bb Heterozygous

• bb Homozygous

• Bb Homozygous

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What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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