Gregor Mendel
Terminology
Punnett Squares
100

Gregor Mendel experimented with what?

Pea plants

100

What is the allele that masks other alleles?

dominant 

100

When two heterozygous parents cross, what percent of the offspring is homozygous recessive?

25%

200

Gregor Mendel was an Austrian what?

Monk

200

When a set of alleles is expressed with a capital and lowercase letter, it is considered what?

Heterozygous

200

When a homozygous dominant and recessive parent cross, what percent of the offspring will show the recessive trait?

0%

300

Gregor Mendel is considered the father of what?

Genetics

300

When a set of alleles is either two capital letters or two lowercase letters, it is considered what?

Homozygous

300

When a homozygous dominant crosses with a homozygous recessive, what percent of the offspring will be heterozygous?

100%

400

How many laws did Gregor Mendel propose?

3

400

What is the genetic constitution of an organism called?


genotype

400

When two homozygous dominant parents cross, what percentage will be heterozygous?

0%

500

Where did Gregor Mendel conduct his experiments?

The monastery's garden

500

What is the set of observable characteristics of an individual called?

Phenotype

500

When two heterozygous parents cross, what percent of offspring will show dominant traits?

75%

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