Vocabulary
Punnet Squares
Other
Pedigree
100

The transfer of genetic information from parent to offspring

Heredity
100
Cross RR x rr

show me the punnett square

100

How are traits passed from parent to offspring?

Through reproduction

100

The shape that indicates a male

Square

200

Where are the genetic information is located?

On the chromosomes

200

What are the punnet squares used for?

To determine the possible offspring.

200
Name two traits that could be inherited from a parent?
Examples: hair color, eye color, height, skin color, freckles, etc...
200

The shape that indicates a female

circle

300

What are the inherited characteristic that is always expressed when present?

Dominant

300

A homozygous dominant chicken is crossed with a homozygous dominant chicken. What percentage of offspring will express the dominant trait?

100%

300
Why does a Punnet Square use capital and lowercase letters?
Capital = Dominant Trait Lower Case = Recessive Trait
300

How can you indicate that an individual expresses a trait

The shape is colored in 

400

The exact genetic information carried by an individual

Genotype

400
Having dimples is dominant (D). Not having dimples is recessive. (d) Both parents are heterozygous for the dominant trait. What percentage of the children will NOT have dimples?
25%
400

How many parents are involved in asexual reproduction?

One

400

What does a marriage between a affected female and an unaffected male look like

shaded in female ----- unshaded in male

500

The physical expression of a gene or set of genes

Phenotype
500

Long ears are dominant (E) in rabbits. If one parent is homozygous dominant for the long ear trait and the other homozygours reccessive (e), what is the only possible genotype of the offspring?

Ee

500
Two dark brown rabbits have four offspring. Three of the offspring are dark and one is white. What does this tell you about the parents' genes for fur color?
Dark brown is dominant and white fur is recessive. Both parents are heterozygous.
500

What are the possible genotypes of an affected female? (using the letter a)

AA and Aa

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