Vocab 1
The “father” of genetics was
Who is Gregor Mendel.
What is a monohybrid?
What fraction of the offspring resulting from a homozygous dominant x homozygous recessive dihybrid cross are homozygous recessive for both traits?
What is 0/16?
When an individual has one dominant and one recessive trait
What is heterozygous?
The principle that states that one factor may mask the effect of another factor is the principle of ____________________.
What is dominance?
Both traits are displayed
What is codominance?
In rabbits, black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur (b). Consider the following cross between two rabbits.
Bb x Bb
Both of the parents in the cross are what color?
What is black? (Heterozygous)
What fraction of the offspring resulting from a homozygous recessive x homozygous recessive dihybrid cross are heterozygous for both traits?
What is 16/16?
An organism’s ____________________ refers to the physical apperance it has inherited.
A ____________________ is a method for determining the genotype of an individual with a dominant phenotype.
What is testcross?
An organism’s ____________________ refers to the set of alleles it has inherited.
What is genotype?
In rabbits, black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur (b). Consider the following cross between two rabbits.
Bb x bb
What percent of the offspring would be brown?
What is 50%?
What fraction of the offspring resulting from a heterozygous x heterozygous dihybrid cross are homozygous recessive for both traits?
What is 1/16?
An individual has two dominant traits
What is homozygous dominant?
A cross that looks at three different traits
What is a trihybrid cross?
The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called
What is heredity?
In rabbits, black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur (b). Consider the following cross between two rabbits.
B? x bb
How would you know what the genotype of the first rabbit would be?
What is if there are any brown rabbits it would have to be Bb?
What is the phenotypic ratio resulting from a heterozygous x heterozygous dihybrid cross
What is 9:3:3:1?
F2 : F1 ::
What is F1 : P?
Mendel’s finding that the inheritance of one trait had no effect on the inheritance of another became known as the
What is law of independent assortment?
A reproductive process in which fertilization occurs within a single plant is called ____________________.
In rabbits, black fur (B) is dominant over brown fur (b). Consider the following cross between two rabbits.
Bb x Bb
What are the possible genotypes?
What are BB, Bb, and bb?
What fraction of the offspring resulting from a heterozygous x heterozygous dihybrid cross are heterozygous for both traits?
What is 3/16
True-breeding pea plants always
What is produce offspring each of which can have only one form of a trait
How many boxes are in a pentahybrid cross?
What is 1024?