Punnett Square Review

Heterozygous is when...

• the alleles are the same
• the alleles are different
• the alleles are absent
• the alleles are present

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• G.G.

• G.g.

• g.g.

• all of the choices result in yellow

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B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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Two brown eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. What is the chance the baby is blue eyed?

• 0 %
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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AA and Aa always show up as

• dominant
• recessive

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aa always shows up as

• dominant
• recessive

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A plant shows incomplete dominance in size. A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a medium plant (TS). What fraction of plants will also be tall?

• 100 %
• 75%
• 50%
• 25%

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A roan cow shows co-dominance in fur color (orange and white). What is the probability expected if a roan cow and a roan steer mate together?

• 100% Roan
• 50% Roan 50% White
• 50% Roan 50% Red
• 25% Red, 50% Roan, 25% White

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A red flowered plant (RR) breeds with a White flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

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