The physical appearance of a trait.
Phenotype
A tool used to predict genetic outcomes.
Punnett Squares
When heterozygous traits blend.
Incomplete Dominance
The recessive blood type.
Type O
Name two polygenic traits.
Skin Color, eye color, height, hair color
A cell begins meiosis with 2n = 46 chromosomes.
After meiosis is complete, how many chromosomes are in each gamete?
23
Why don’t two siblings (who aren’t identical twins) look exactly the same?
What is independent assortment and random fertilization?
What sport is known as “The Beautiful Game”?
Soccer
An organism with two identical alleles.
Homozygous
Rr × rr results in what percent recessive?
50%
When both alleles are fully expressed.
Codominance
Type A parent (AO) and Type O parent (OO). Possible blood types?
Type A and Type O
Why are males more likely to show X-linked recessive traits?
because they only have one X chromosome
During gamete formation, homologous chromosomes fail to separate.
After fertilization with a normal gamete, what chromosomal condition results?
Trisomy
A child says, “I got my eye color from my mom.”
Why is this statement genetically incomplete?
What is because traits come from both parents (one allele from each)?
What is the only U.S. state that starts with the letter “Q”?
None
The law stating alleles separate during gamete formation.
Law of Segregation
In a dihybrid cross, how many total boxes are in the Punnett square?
16
Pink flowers from red and white parents is an example of?
Incomplete Dominance
What Blood type is the person on the lefft?

AB-
A trait shows a continuous range from very light to very dark, forming a bell-shaped curve in the population.
What type of inheritance pattern is this?
Polygenic Traits
An organism produces four gametes. Two contain 10 chromosomes and two contain 6 chromosomes.
The normal haploid number is 8.
What happened?
nondisjunction
Two brown-eyed parents have a blue-eyed child.
How is this possible?
What is both parents were heterozygous (Bb) and passed on recessive alleles?
What movie features the quote: “May the Force be with you”?
Star Wars
Bb × Bb gives what phenotypic ratio?
3:1
What is the classic phenotypic ratio of a dihybrid cross?
9:3:3:1
AB blood type is an example of?
Codominance
Which blood type has no A or B antigens?
Type O
The following blood would have what antigens/proteins present on its cells?
(A and Rh show agglutination (clumping); B does not)
Antigen A and Rh
If nondisjunction occurs during the first division of meiosis, what fraction of resulting gametes will be normal?
0%
Why are genetic disorders caused by recessive alleles more common in males when they are X-linked?
What is because males only have one X chromosome?
What is the most popular ice cream flavor in the United States?
Vanilla
If two heterozygous parents cross, what percent offspring are recessive?
25%
RrYy × RrYy — what fraction are rr yy?
1/16
When more than two alleles exist in a population.
Multiple Alleles
AO × B) — what percent chance of Type O?
25%
Two parents are both Type AB.
What blood types can their children be?
Type A, Type B and Type AB
A mother undergoes nondisjunction and produces one egg with two copies of chromosome 21.
The father’s sperm is normal.
What is the chromosomal makeup of the child?
47 chromosomes (Trisomy 21)
A man finds out he is Type O blood. His parents are Type A and Type B.
Is this possible? Explain.
What is yes, if both parents were heterozygous (IAi and IBi) and each passed down the i allele?
What planet is known as the “Morning Star”?
Venus