Heredity and Punnett Squares

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What is the phenotype for Bb if B is the dominant allele for brown hair?

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Brown Hair

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Which genotype is homozygous dominant?

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AA

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What is the genotype for a yellow plant if G = green and g = yellow?

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gg

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What is the dominant trait for pea seeds?

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Yellow pea seeds

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What do AA and Aa always show up as?

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Dominant

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Define allele.

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An allele is a variant form of a gene that can produce different traits.

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What is a genotype?

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A genotype is the genetic makeup of an organism, represented by the alleles it possesses.

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What is a phenotype?

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A phenotype is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism, determined by its genotype.

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What does homozygous mean?

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Homozygous refers to having two identical alleles for a particular gene.

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What does heterozygous mean?

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Heterozygous refers to having two different alleles for a particular gene.