Mendelian Genetics

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What did Mendel call the two kinds of traits exhibited by the pea plants (one coming from the father, one from the mother)?

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Alleles

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What do we call the result of the genotype (for example, the color of the peas)?

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Phenotype

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If green is dominant over purple, then what is the genotype for this individual?

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gg

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Another word for homozygous is...

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purebred

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Tt is-

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heterozygous

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Representation of alleles for a homozygous recessive pea plant for height.

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tt

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Results of Gregor Mendel's "P" generation cross between purple flower plants and white flower plants.

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All purple flower offspring

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A __________ is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait.

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Gene

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GENOTYPE

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The allele/genetic makeup of an organism.

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Example of a heterozygous genotype: RR, Rr, rr

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Rr