A capital letter is used to express what type of allele?
Dominant
100
What are the genotypes for a fire breathing dragon?
FF or Ff
100
How many chromosomes did your dog have?
One
100
Using the letter S for the alleles, what is the genotype for heterozygous squarepants?
Ss
100
What are the genotypes for male and female?
XX - female XY - male
200
What two word phrase describes the genotype: rr
Homozygous recessive or purebred recessive
200
What part of a dragon cell contains DNA?
The nucleus
200
How many genes does a human have?
Over 22,000
200
Nose style uses the letter L. Long nose (L) is dominant to stubby (l).' What is the genotype for a homozygous long nose?
LL
200
What is a chromosome?
A long strand of DNA
300
What is another name for hybrid?
Heterozygous or carrier
300
How did we determine which alleles were randomly donated from each parent dragon?
Rolled dice
300
How many alleles were there for fur color?
Four
300
SpongeBob's cousin, SpongeJimBob is a heterozygous yellow sponge. He recently married a blue ga.. Body color: Yellow (Y) is dominant to blue (y). Whay are the possible genotypes and phenotypes for their offspring?
Yy - yellow. (100%)
300
What wa s unique about the Fulgate family of Kentucky?
They were blue
400
What is a gene?
A section of DNA on a chromosome that coded for a specific trait.
400
Which dragon parent gives their offspring more DNA?
Neither - they both give exactly half (50%)
400
How many chromosomes does a human have?
46 total (23 pairs)
400
T is dominant to t for tall head. If pPatrick has a tall head, what are his possible genotypes?
TT or Tt
400
What domwe call the tool geneticists use to determine the possible offspring of two parents?
Punnett Square
500
What is mitosis?
A process of cell division that creates two identical copies of a cell.
500
Describe how bothnparents could have striped tails and yet their offspring have yellow tails. L (striped tail) is dominant.
Both parents have to be heterozygous (Ll)
500
How could one of your doggies end up with tan fur?
Through a mutation.
500
Patrick recently married Patti. He is considered purebred for his tall head shape (T) which is dominant over a short head (t). If Patti is short headed, what type of heads would their offspring have? Hint: Punnett Square
Tall heads (Tt)
500
What is the difference between a genotype and a phenotype?
Genotype is an organism's allele combinations, shown with lettere
Phenotype is what the trait look like (striped tail, 4 toes, squarepants)