Genetics
Heredity
Reproduction
Punnet Squares
Selective Breeding
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What is genetics?
The study of heredity.
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What is heredity?
The passage of genetic instructions (traits) from parent to offspring.
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Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically _____________ to the parents.

different

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Some genes can be hidden or covered up by another. These are considered to be-
Recessive
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What is selective Breeding?

To produce organisms with desired traits

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Where are genes located?
In the chromosomes
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Who first studied heredity and the passage of traits from one generation to the next?
Gregor Mendel
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Asexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically ____________ to the parent.
Identical
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What is the punnet square used for?

To determine the outcome of offspring.

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A human choosing which dogs to breed so that they have pretty fur colors is and example of what?

Selective Breeding

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What are different forms of a gene?

Allele

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How many chromosomes do you get from each parent?

23 from mom and 23 from dad

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If you are studying a population of genetically identical individuals, you can conclude that these individuals reproduce how?
Asexually
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A black chicken (BB) is crossed with a black chicken (BB). What percentage of offspring will be black?
100%
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What is another name for Selective Breeding

Artificial Selection

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Inherited traits that children get from their parents come from-
Genes
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The physical trait observed in an offspring is known as it's -
Phenotype
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For some traits, only one copy of a particular gene is needed to show a given trait. These genes are referred to as-
Dominant
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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%
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True or False

Selective Breeding is when two organisms naturally mate to create an offspring?   

False

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What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of letters?
Genotype
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How many chromomsomes do humans have?

46 in total or 23 pairs

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The sorting of chromosomes during sexual reproduction, determines -
Which traits are passed on to the offspring
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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
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What are two types of Selective Breeding?

Inbreeding and Hybridization

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