Genetics Final Review Unit 3

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What are the chances that two white flower (pp) pea plants could produce a purple flower pea plant?

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0%

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In guinea pigs, what is the predicted phenotypic ratio for offspring when a dominant homozygous male (HH) is bred with a heterozygous female (Hh)?

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All have short hair

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Which law claims that alleles will come together independently of each other in the offspring?

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Law of Independent Assortment

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In the second generation, how many people are carriers of the trait if 3 out of 8 individuals are carriers?

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3

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Which Hardy-Weinberg factor represents the frequency of heterozygous individuals in a population?

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2pq

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What is the definition of a dominant allele?

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An allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a recessive allele.

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What is the definition of a recessive allele?

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An allele that only expresses its trait when two copies are present.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism, represented by alleles.

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What is a phenotype?

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The observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism.

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What does homozygous mean?

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Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.