Vocab
The passing of traits from parent to offspring is called.
Heredity
What is Mendel known as
The father of genetics
How is a female shown on a pedigree chart
A circle
What is physical appearence of organisms called
Phenotypes
One bunny has recessive white hair (ww) and the other has dominant black (WW) what hair color would the baby bunny have?
Ww
When two alleles are the same they are called.
Homozygus
What did Mendel discover
That trait are passed down from generation to generation
How are males shown on a pedigree chart
a square
Where is DNA found
Chromosomes
The father has dominant brown eyes (BB) and the mother has recessive blue eyes (bb) What is their child eye colors?
Bb
When two alleles are different they are called.
Heterozygous
What was Gregor Mendel
Austrian Monk
What does a shaded shape represent
A completely shaded circle or square indicates that a person expresses the trait
Can you know a person's genotype if they are dominant in their phenotype?
No
On your paper, cross two hybrid tall plants (Tt). What plant is there 25 of?
homozygous dominant and homozygous recessive
Characteristics have these different forms
Trait
What was the result of him finding traits from pea plants
the first recorded study of how traits pass from one generation to the next
What does a half-shaded shape represent
A person who is a carrier
Give an example of a homozygous dominant genotype for height.
HH
The father has curly hair (Cc) and the mother has straight hair (cc) What type of hair will their children have?
50% cc and 50% Cc
Name the tool that we use to help us predict what traits offspring can have.
Punnett squares
When did Gregor Mendel discover traits from Pea Plants
1865
Explain what the horizontal and vertical lines represent in a pedigree chart.
Horizontal lines are marriages and parents and vertical are the offsprings.
Who is the father of genetics
Mendal
On a paper, cross a homozygous tall and a heterozygous tall. What are the 2 genotypes present in the Punnett square?
TT and Tt