Heredity
What are the two versions of alleles?
Dominant and recessive.
What is the probability of a carrier in a AA x aa cross?
100%
True or False: The genotype can determine the phenotype.
True
Who was the father of genetics?
Gregor Mendell
What is the study of inheritance, or inherited traits?
Genetics
If a genotype contains both dominant and recessive alleles what is the correct term?
Heterozygous
True or False: A punnett square can predict more than one trait at a time.
True
Name 5 traits that cannot be an inherited trait.
Hair dye, tattoos, piercings, body type, and braces-straightened teeth.
What was the organism that Gregor Mendel used for his experiment?
Pea plants
What is the term for how traits are passed down to offspring?
Inheritance or heredity
What is something that is passed down from parents to offspring?
Traits or Genes
What are two reasons scientists rely on punnett squares
To predict the probability of a trait, and comprehend how genetics are inherited.
What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?
Phenotype is physical appearance, while genotype is the genetics.
What were the three generations of Gregor Mendel's experiments?
P generation, F1 generation, and F2 generation.
What are the different versions of a gene called?
Alleles
What is the probability of a homozygous recessive showing up between a cross of two heterozygous parents?
25%
What are one of two reasons scientists rely on Punnett Squares?
To predict the probability of a trait, or to understand how genetics work.
What is the trait when both alleles are present in the offspring and don’t mask each other?
Codominant trait
What was the ratio of dominant to recessive alleles for the F2 generation?
3:1
What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?
Genotype
In a cross between a homozygous dominant and a heterozygous, what are all of the possible genotypes?
AA and Aa
What is the probability of a homozygous recessive showing up in a set of a homozygous recessive and a heterozygous?
50%
What is the general name for the genotype in which two identical alleles are present and can be a dominant or recessive phenotype?
Homozygous
What was the law in which alleles separate during fertilization so gamete only gets one allele?
Law of Segregation
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid