Monohybrid Crosses (Mendelian Inheritance)

What should go where #1 is in the table?

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• hh
• Hh
• a picture of a hairy guinea pig

What should go where #2 is in the table?

• hair
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• hh
• Hh

What should go where #3 is in the table?

• hh
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• Hh
• a picture of a hairy guinea pig

What should go where #4 is in the table?

• homozygous
• heterozygous
• hh
• Hh
• a picture of a hairy guinea pig

What should go where #5 is in the table?

• a picture of a hairy guinea pig
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• hh
• Hh

What should go where #6 is in the table?

• Hh
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• hh
• a picture of a hairy guinea pig

What should go where #7 is in the table?

• hair
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• hh
• Hh

An allele is a form of a gene. In the Punnett square below, how many alleles (H or h) does a baby guinea pig inherit from the mother?

• 1
• 2
• 4

An allele is a form of a gene. In the Punnett square below, how many alleles (H or h) does a baby guinea pig inherit from the father?

• 1
• 2
• 4

If a baby girl guinea pig looks almost identical to its mother, does this then mean that it inherited more alleles from its mother? Explain. (Hint: Think about the vocabulary words dominant and recessive.)