Heredity and Punnett Squares

What are genes?

• Something you wear.
• Segments of DNA that carry traits for offspring.
• The powerhouse of cells.
• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

An organism with two different alleles for a trait is said to be...

• recessive
• dominant
• hybrid
• purebred

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Which of the following is an example of phenotype?

• bb
• blue eyes

What are the genotypes for a tall plant (T) over a short plant (t)?

• TT
• tt
• TT, Tt
• TT, tt

Which of the following genotypes are purebred?

• Pf
• Pp
• PP
• pP

If you are purebred dominant for a trait, your genotype would be...

• Tt
• TT
• tt
• tall

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If you were purebred recessive for a trait, your phenotype would be...

• Tall
• TT
• tt
• short

Which of these is homozygous recessive?

• Rr
• rR
• RR
• rr

This type of allele masks the recessive allele and is written with a capital letter.

• Dominant

• Homozygous

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotypes from a genetic cross.

• Mendel Grid

• Genetic Tic Tac Toe

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree Plot