Vocabulary
Rules of Dominance
Punnett Squares
Mitosis Review
Random - Grab Bag
100
Having two different alleles for a trait
What is Heterozygous?
100
If an organism has dd for its genotype on a trait that is inherited through normal dominant/recessive inheritance, which trait will be shown?
What is the recessive trait?
100
Complete the following punnett square. Gg x gg What are the possible genotypes for offspring?
What are Gg and gg.
100
Name the phases of mitosis in order from the begining.
What is Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and telophase.
100
Where on a punnett square would you find the possible offspring located?
Where is inside of the boxes
200
Physical characteristics. What the organism looks like.
What is the Phenotype?
200
In Dragons, Y=Yellow scales and B=blue scales and they are inherited through incomplete dominance. An organism has a genotype of YB. What phenotype is shown?
What is green scales.
200
G=Gold eyes and g=green eyes Complete the following punnett square. Gg x Gg In what percentages would you find each of the phenotypes for the offspring?
What is 75% Gold eyes and 25% Green eyes.
200
What is the purpose of the cell cycle and mitosis?
What is to duplicate cell DNA and regenerate new cells.
200
What is the genetic make-up for a trait called? ex. Cc or MM or gg.
What is the genotype.
300
A tool used to help determine the outcome of specific genetic crosses
What is a punnett square?
300
If you have an organism that is heterozygous for a trait that shows normal dominant/recessive inheritance. Which phenotype will be shown?
What is the dominant phenotype?
300
Horns is dominant to hair. A homozygous dominant and a homozygous recessive parent are crossed. How many of the offspring will have hair?
What is all of them.
300
During which phase of the cell cycle does a cell spend most of it's time?
What is Interphase
300
During which phase of the cell cycle does the cell actually split apart and the form two new daughter cells?
What is Cytokinesis.
400
A trait that is unexpressed(does not show up) in the organism unless it has two copies of the gene present.
What is a recessive trait or recessive gene?
400
When two traits are both expressed equally, at the same time in an organism. Ex. Red and White spotted flowers from Red and White plants
What is Codominance?
400
Black eyes is dominant over blue eyes in Walabees. A blue eyed wallabee is crossed with a heterozygous black eyed wallabee. What is the probability(%chance) of getting each genotype in the offspring?
What is 50% black eyed walabees and 50% blue eyed wallabees.
400
In sexual reproduction, what percentage of organisms genetic information, DNA, comes from each parent?
What is 50%
400
What is it called when two dominant traits are blended together to show a different phenotype from either or the parents. Ex. Pink flowers from Red and White flowers
What is incomplete dominance
500
Reproduction of organisms such as bacteria that reproduce by making identical copies of themselves, like through mitosis.
What is asexual reproduction?
500
Horns is dominant to hair. Two heterozygous parents are crossed. What are the phenotypes and the genotypes of the parents?
What is Horned(Hh) for both mom and dad.
500
Wings are inherited through codominance in fairies. S= scaly wings and F=feathery wings. A Heterozygous fairy is crossed with a fairy that has scaly wings. In what percentages would you find each of the phenotypes in the offspring?
What is 50% scaly and 50% scaly feathers or feathery scales.
500
During which phase of mitosis do Chromatids (or pairs of chromosomes) separate and begin to move to opposite ends of the cell?
What is Anaphase
500
Horns are inherited through incomplete dominance in Satyrs. GG=gold horns SS=silver horns and GS= copper horns. Two copper horned Satyrs are crossed. In what percentages would you find each of the phenotypes in the offspring?
What is 25% gold horns, 50% copper horned and 25% silver horned.