Mendelian Genetics and Punnett Squares

What did Gregor Mendel use to discover the principles that rule heredity?

• Pea Plant
• Pigeons
• Pear trees
• Photosynthesis

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Gregor Mendel is known as the father of _________

• Modern Medicine
• Father of the Green Revolution
• Father of Genetics
• The Pea Plant Man

What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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What do we call the result of the genotype (for example, the color of the peas)?

• Visible traits
• Physiotrait
• Genotype 2
• Phenotype

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What do we call the table used to calculate the probability of an offspring's genotype?

• Punnett square
• Venn diagram
• Golden ratio
• Fibonacci sequence

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This phenotype is more likely to be prominent in offspring

• Genotype
• Dominant genotype
• Recessive Phenotype
• monotypes

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This type of phenotype is less likely to be prominent (to show up) in offspring

• Dominant genotype
• Recessive genotype
• Dominant phenotype
• Recessive phenotype

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Before Mendel how did people think you got your traits

• equal from each parent
• more from the dad
• more from the mom
• from a stork

If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

• Purple
• Green
• GG
• gg

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Which is the correct phenotype for this organism?

• BB
• blue
• green
• bb

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