Genetics & Punnet Squares

The physical appearance of a trait is known as the-

• genotype

• phenotype

• Homozygous

• intelligence

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What is a GENOTYPE?

• the genetic make-up of an organism

• the physical trait of an organism

• mitosis

• meiosis

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Which of the following are GENOTYPES? (select all correct answers)

• black hair

• homozygous dominant

• heterozygous

• blue eyes

• BB

Which of the following are PHENOTYPES?

• green skin

• Aa

• homozygous recessive

• purple eyes

• black fur

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Which of the following represents alleles for the homozygous dominant genotype?

• Aa

• aa

• AA

Which of the following represents alleles for the homozygous recessive genotype?

• Aa

• aa

• AA

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

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

What is the dominant trait here?

• Bb

• Recessive eyes

• Blue eyes

• Brown eyes

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What does a punnet square show us?

• The age of the offspring

• The chance of a genotype (trait) showing up in offspring

• Numbers

• Blue eyes

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A recessive genotype will show when:

• The offspring have both dominant and recessive genotypes

• The offspring has two recessive genotypes

• The offspring have two dominant genotypes

• The mother has blue eyes

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