what is the definition of Genetics
the branch of biology that studies biological inheritance
what is the definition of a genotype?
an organism's full set of genes
what is the definition of a pure variety plant?
A plant that always maintains the same trait when crossed with each other
What is the definition of a heterozygous trait
a trait with 2 alleles with different information
a ___ is DNA information for a specific trait
gene
___ are located in a pair of homologous chromosomes
alleles
a specific environment can cause the expression of a
phenotype
a genes specific location is called the
locus
EXPLAIN what the P genetation is
parental generation
what do most genes contain?
information to synthesize a protein
what is biological inheritence?
mechanisms through which offspring inherit traits from their parents
How would you describe this alleles?
aa
homozygous recessive
a ____ is the same no matter what environment an organism is in
genotype
What is this an example of? When 2 organisms are crossed that differ in a certain trait are crossed, all the offspring in the F1 generation are identical to each other and the dominant parent place
the principal of the uniformity of the first falial generation
draw and solve the punnett square for a cross of RR and Rr
draw and solve the punnett square for AaBb and AaBb
If the organisms CCPP and ccPp are crossed, how many CcPP offspring will there be?
8
the principle of the segregation of traits
If organisms RrYy and RrYy are crossed, how many rryy organisms will there be?
1
for eyes, the dominant allele is brown and the recessive allele is blue. What color eyes will the following genotypes have?
bb
Bb
BB
bb - blue
Bb - brown
BB - brown