Gregor Mendel and Genetics

Who is Gregor Mendel

• an Austrian Monk from the mid 1800s who contributed to the study of Genetics

• The scientist who discovered the structure of DNA

• a British scientist who discovered penicillin

• The scientist who used X-Ray Crystallography to shed light on the structure of DNA

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T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt

• Tt

• Bb

• TT

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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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What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• none of these

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Who is considered the father of genetics?

• Charles Darwin

• Carl Linnaeus

• Gregor Mendel

• Robert Hooke

Tues. Jan 30th ~~~~~1/ 30 ......... Today we did an Edpuzzle on ______________________ .

• punnett squares

• Genetics

• Gregor Mendel

• Hamsters

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Match each genotype to its description

• rr

• HETEROZYGOUS

• Rr

• HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT

• RR

• HOMOZYGOUS

  RECESSIVE

The expression of a trait (what you see) in an organism is called​ (a)  

• phenotype.

• genotype.

• homozygous.

• heterozygous.

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Match the following

• HH

• Homozygous

  Dominant

• variation of a gene

• Allele

• hh

• Genotype

• Hh

• Heterozygous

• allele combination

• Homozygous

  Recessive

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112.42.c.8.B

Match the following

• comparison of 2 or more things

• phenotype

• alternate forms of a gene

• allele

• gene combination

• genotype

• physical trait

• ratio

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