In the Beginning
Basic Genetics
Gene Combination
Vocabulary
Punnet Squares
100
Who is the "father of Genetics"?
What is Gregor Mendel
100
Different forms of the same genes are called
What is Alleles
100
A diagram used to show possible genetic combinations
What is a Punnett Square
100
The alleles an organism carries for a particular characteristic.
What is Genotype
100
Rr x Rr R-Round r-Wrinkled What percentage of the offspring will be round?
What is 75%
200
What did Mendel do to certain pea plants in order to observe the offspring of that cross
What is Cross Pollinated
200
An allele that can mask, or hide, the presence of another allele is considered to be....
What is dominant
200
The outward appearance of a characteristic from alleles.
What is Phenotype
200
Rr x rr R-Round r-Wrinkled What percentage of the offspring will be round?
What is 50%
300
List one conclusion he made
He discovered that sometimes tall plants produce short plants.
300
An allele that can be masked or hidden by the presence of another allele is considered to be...
What is Recessive
300
The presence of two different alleles on the same gene for one trait. Ex) Tt
What is Heterozygous
300
An offspring that was given different genetic information for a trait from each parent. Hint: Labradoodle!
What is Hybrid
300
RR x Rr R-Round r- Wrinkled What percentage of the offspring will be wrinkled?
What is 0%
400
List the second conclusion he made about genetics?
Crossing two short plants always yielded short plants.
400
A _________________ organism has two identical alleles of the same gene.
What is Heterozygous
400
The presence of two identical alleles on the same gene for one trait. Ex) TT
What is Homozygous
400
An offspring that has the same genetic trait. Hint: Labrador
What is Purebreed
400
RR x Rr R-Round r-Wrinkled What percentage of the offspring will be round?
What is 100% Like I hope you all make on your test!!!!!!!! =)
500
What is Heredity?
How an organism passes traits from one generation to the next.
500
A__________________ organism has two different alleles of a gene.
What is heterozygous.
500
The allele for black hair (B) in rabbits is dominant over the allele for white hair (b). Write the two possible genotypes for a black-haired rabbit and the genotype for a white haired rabbit.
Black- BB or Bb White- bb
500
Used to predict and compare the genetic variations that will result from a cross.
What is a Punnett Square
500
A heterozygous round seeded plant (Rr) is crossed with a homozygous round seed plant (RR). What percentage of the offspring will be homozygous (RR)?
What is 50%
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