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State the type of this genotype: AA
Homozygous dominant
White flowers are dominant to purple flowers. What is the phenotype of Pp?
White.
Organisms that always produce offspring with the same traits are....
Purebred.
The hidden form of an inherited trait that will only show if it is paired with another of its own kind?
Recessive allele.
What contains all the different alleles/genes for heredity in a cell?
DNA
Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes. What letter should brown eyes get?
B
What predicts the possible outcomes of genetic crosses?
A Punnett square?
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring called?
Heredity
What is the name of the male cell used in fertilization?
Sperm cell.
The type of trait that masks another trait is ____________ trait.
A. dominant B. recessive C. incomplete
A. dominant?
When Mendel crossed a green pea with a yellow pea plant, he got all green plants. This means that the green trait is...
Dominant
An individual who has two of the same alleles is said to be....
Homozygous
True or false?
A recessive trait masks another form of the trait.
False.
The portion of a chromosome that controls a particular inherited trait.
A gene
Give the genotype ratio when a heterozygous brown rabbit and white rabbit were crossed.
Brown fur is dominant to white fur.
50% = Bb
50%= bb
Give the phenotype ratio when a heterozygous brown rabbit and white rabbit were crossed.
Brown fur is dominant to white fur.
50% brown
50% white
Why did Mendel use purebred pea plants to start his experiment?
So he knows the alleles of the genotypes of the parents.
No dimples are dominant to dimples. If a homozygous no dimples mother has a child with a heterozygous father, what is the percentage of having a child with dimples?
0%
What is the name of female part of the flower?
Pistil
What is the cell produced by the female reproductive part of the flower called?
Egg cell.
The study of heredity is...
Genetics
What was Ramsis II's greatest accomplishment?
Creating the world's first peace treaty with the Hittites