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Genetics
Heredity
Mendel
Punnett Squares
Misc
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What is genetics?
The study of heredity.
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What is heredity?
The passage of traits from parent to offspring.
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Who was Gregor Mendel and what did he study?
Gregor Mendel was a monk who studied pea plants.
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Some genes can be hidden or covered up by a dominant trait. These are considered to be-
Recessive
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This is an example of incomplete dominance 

Red and white flowers make pink flowers. 

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Where are genes located?
On the chromosomes
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Who first studied heredity and the passage of traits from one generation to the next?
Gregor Mendel
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How many factors (or traits) do offspring receive from each parent?
One
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What is the punnet square used for?
To determine the outcome of genetic crossings.
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Give an example of a homozygous recessive genotype.

Example: tt

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What is the name of the inherited traits that children get from their parents
Genes
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What type of organism did Gregor Mendel use to first study heredity?
Pea Plants
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Genetic factors are considered dominant and _______.
Recessive
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A red chicken (Rr) is crossed with a red chicken (Rr). What percentage of offspring will be red?

75%

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Why does a Punnet Square use capital and lowercase letters?
Capital = Dominant Trait Lower Case = Recessive Trait
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What do we call the observable characteristics of the individual?
Phenotype
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How many chromosomes do humans have?
46 or 23 pairs
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The observed characteristics of a plant are called the plant's ____________.
Phenotype
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Having dimples is dominant (D). Not having dimples is recessive. (d) Both parents are heterozygous for the dominant trait. What percentage of the children will NOT have dimples?
25%
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What are the actual alleles (letters) for a trait that are present in the DNA of an organism?

Genotype

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What do we call the genetic make up of the individual, represented by a set of letters?
Genotype
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Why are your chromosomes arranged in pairs?
Because you get one from your mother and one from your father
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An organism that has one big letter and one small letter (EX: Bb) for a trait is called ______.
Heterozygous
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Long ears are dominant (E) in rabbits. If one parent is homozygous dominant for the long ear trait and the other homozygours reccessive (e), what is the only possible genotype of the offspring?
Ee
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This is an example of co-dominance. 

Blue and Green Fur on the monster.