Genetics and Heredity

Front

In a Punnett square, a lower case letter stands for a ____________ allele.

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recessive

Front

What do we call the physical expression of the genetic material of an organism?

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phenotype

Front

In animals, shaggy fur is dominant to short fur. The Punnett Square shows the genotypes of the offspring of a shaggy fur animal and a short fur animal. What were the genotypes of the parents? Options: FF and FF, Ff and ff, ff and ff, Ff and Ff

Back

Ff and ff

Front

In animals, shaggy fur is dominant to short fur. According to the genotypes shown, what percent of offspring will have short fur?

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50

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

In a punnet square, where are the parent alleles written?

Back

Outside of the boxes (top and left side)

Front

Heterozygous is when...

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the alleles are different.

Front

T = tall and t = short In the punnett square shown, what belongs in the missing square? Options: tt, Tt, Bb, TT

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tt

Front

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

Back

dominant

Front

Which of the following alleles is homozygous (purebred) recessive? Options: Tt, tt, TT, t

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tt

Front

Genotype for a yellow plant (G = green, g = yellow)

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gg