Mendelian Genetics

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What is Mendel's 'P' generation?

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The 'P' generation refers to the parental generation in Mendelian genetics, consisting of homozygous plants that are crossed to produce offspring.

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What is the result of crossing homozygous purple flower plants with homozygous white flower plants?

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The result is 100% heterozygous purple flower offspring since purple is dominant.

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What does the Law of Segregation state?

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The Law of Segregation states that during the formation of gametes, the two alleles for a trait separate from each other.

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What is the Law of Independent Assortment?

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The Law of Independent Assortment states that alleles for different genes are distributed to gametes independently of one another.

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What is a heterozygous genotype?

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A heterozygous genotype consists of two different alleles for a particular gene, such as Aa.

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What is another name for heterozygous?

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Hybrid.

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What are alleles?

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Alleles are different forms of a gene that can exist at a specific locus on a chromosome.

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How are alleles represented in genetics?

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Geneticists use letters to represent alleles.

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What is the genotype for an individual with a dominant green trait if green is dominant over purple?

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The genotype could be either GG (homozygous dominant) or Gg (heterozygous).

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What is the phenotype of an individual with the genotype gg?

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The phenotype is purple, as purple is recessive.