Pedigrees
Punnett Squares
Gregor Mendel
Genetics Vocabulary
Genotype or Phenotype?
Homozygous or Heterozygous?
100
A circle represents a ______________ in a pedigree chart.
female
100
Punnett Squares can help predict what traits ________________ will receive.
offspring
100
Who is considered the "father of genetics"?
Gregor Mendel
100
A distinguishing characteristic
trait
100
Blue eyes
phenotype
100
cc
homozygous recessive
200
A ____________ represents a male in a Punnett square.
square
200
The letters on the outside of the Punnett squares represent the _________________
parents
200
What type of plant did Gregor Mendel use in his research?
pea plants
200
Different forms of a trait.
allele
200
Gg
genotype
200
BB
homozygous dominant
300
If a shape is shaded in, that means that the individual____________________
Had the trait being traced
300
The letters inside the Punnett square represent potential ________________________.
offspring
300
How many different traits did Mendel study in pea plants?
seven
300
To receive traits from your parents.
heredity
300
HH
Genotype
300
Rr
Heterozygous dominant
400
Which generation has three females, but only one of them has the trait being traced.
Generation 3
400
What is the probability of the offspring receiving the trait being traced?
50/50
400
one set of instructions for a particular trait
gene
400
A genetic factor that is blocked by a dominant factor.
recessive
400
Long legs
phenotype
400
Cc
Heterozygous dominant
500
How many men on this chart do NOT show the trait being traced.
3
500
What is the probability that offspring will have blue eyes?
0%
500
What country was Gregor Mendel from?
Austria
500
A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor
dominant
500
ww
genotype
500
vv
homozygous recessive