Mendel
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Misc. Genetics
Punnett Square
100
Gregory
What was Mendel's first name
100
The passing of traits from parent to offspring.
What is heredity
100
The scientific study of heredity is also called this
What is genetics
100
Purebred means the same as this
What is homozygous
100
The offspring phenotype ratio of two homozygous recessive parents for height.


T- tall

t-short

100% short
200
Mendel is known as this
What is the Father of Genetics
200
These are different forms of a gene
What are Alleles
200
A trait that will ALWAYS show up in an organism as long as this is present
What is a dominant allele
200
A trait that is masked by a dominant allele
What is a recessive allele
200
This shows the likelihood that certain possible outcomes will occur when you cross two organisms. It is represented by a ratio
What is probability
300
The plant that Mendel studied
What is the pea plant
300
This refers to an organism's Physical Characteristics
What is a Phenotype
300
This is a chart used to find all possible allele combinations in a cross.
What is a Punnett Square
300
This is having two DIFFERENT alleles for a trait
What is heterozygous
300
The offspring phenotype ratio of one homozygous dominant parent crossed with homozygous recessive parent for eye color.


B-Brown

Bb- green

b-gray

What is 100% green

400
This was one of Mendel's jobs
What is gardener or high school teacher?
400
The form of a gene; the letters
What is Genotype
400
The result of crossing a homozygous tall pea plant with a homozygous short pea plant
What are hybrids
400
When segments break off and reattach to the other homologous chromosome
What is a crossing over
400
The gene is located where?
What is on a chromosome?
500
Mendel discovered that this type of trait could only show if it paired with another trait that was the same type.
What is a recessive trait?
500
Units of heredity present in an organism that are there even if they don't show
What are genes
500
When a child shows heterozygous trait
What is incomplete dominance
500
What is the genotype ratio in all dihybrid crosses?
What is 9:3:3:1
500

The offspring phenotype ratio of two heterozygous  parents for hair.


C-curly

c1 - straight

25% - CC

50% - Cc1

25% - c1c1

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