Willowridge Mendelian Genetics

Willowridge Mendelian Genetics

Gregory Mendel and Genetics

The Father of Genetics!

Mendel's Law of Segregation

Mendel's Law of Independent Assortment

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What controls the traits of a living organism?

• Who the dad is

• who the mom is

• genes

• mitochondria

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Alleles are

• one form of a gene that controls traits

• part of photosynthesis

• part of respiration

• two forms of each gene which control traits

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Who is known as the father of genetics?

• Wolfgang Mozart

• ludwig Beethoven

• Gregory Mendel

• James Somethingsomething

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The Law of Dominance states:

• Survival of the Fittest

• One allele is dominant and the other is recessive

• The bigger the organism the more powerful it is

• Both alleles are dominant

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In the Law of Dominance: 2 answers

• BB and Bb are pure

• Bb and Bb are pure

• BB and BB are pure

• BB and bb are pure

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The law of Segregation states :

• each pair of genes separeates during mitosis

• it is better to keep different species separate from each other

• Chromosomes have to separate from each other in the nucleus

• each pair of genes separates in meiosis

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The law of Independent assortment states gene pairs separate randomly and ....

• in a set manner

• independently of each other

• There is a set process to how genes replicate

• One gene depends on the other genes

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A dipliod cell has____ and a haploid cell has___

• 2n, 2n

• 1n, 2n

• 2n, 1n

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Where are the genes located?

• in tightly coiled DNA

• in the alleles

• law of segregation

• law of dominance

Genotype vs Phenotype

The expression of genes: the traits

Punnett Squares explained

how we inherit traits

Monohybrid Cross

I am my own Grandpa

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6 Questions!!!

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Genotype is the:

• fact that each organism has 2 genes for a characteristic

• Law of independent assortment

• the 2 traits inherited from a mom

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A dominant genotype:

• is your personality type

• The genotype which is listed as Tt for tall but produces a short plant

• when an allele hides the effects of a recessive allel

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a Recessive allele is (2 answers)

• expressed in tt

• hidden by a dominant allele

• a trait which sometimes shows up as in Tt

• A trait which sometimes shows up as TT

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Which one (s) of these show phenotype?

• Big nose

• tall person

• eye color

• you are not tricking me..none of the above!

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Which of the following are examples of a homozygous (pure breed) plant?

• Tt

• TT

• tT

• tt

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Which of the following are examples of heterozygous (hybrid) plants?

• TT

• Tt

• tt

• tT

Incomplete Dominance and Codominance

Not white nor red but pink????

Colorblind Enchroma glasses

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

• Visible traits

• Physiotrait

• Genotype 2

• Phenotype

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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)?

• Genesis
• Elective traits
• Alleles
• Quadrants

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Round (R) seeds are dominant to wrinkled (r) seeds.
What is the genotype for a homozygous dominant offspring?

• RR
• Rr
• rr

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D = dimples        d = no dimples 
What is the genotype for a homozygous recessive offspring?

• DD
• Dd
• dd

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True or False:
A heterozygous dominant trait can be written as BB.

• True
• False

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Dominant alleles are represented by a(n)

• phenotype
• lower case letter
• upper case letter
• punnett square 

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What percentage of the offspring will be purebred dominant?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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Which of the following is a heterozygous dominant genotype? 

• GG
• gg
• GGG
• Gg

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Green peas are dominant (G) to yellow peas (g). What is the genotype for a hetereozygous dominant offspring?

• Gg
• gg
• GG

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What is the percentage of homozygous recessive offspring?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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If something is heterozygous, it is also...

• purebred
• hybrid
• dominant
• recessive

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Which of the following terms refers to the different possibilities of a gene?

• chromosome
• DNA
• Punnett Squares
• allele

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This type of phenotype is less likely to be prominent (to show up) in offspring

• Dominant genotype
• Recessive genotype
• Dominant phenotype
• Recessive phenotype

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This phenotype is more likely to be prominent in offspring

• Genotype
• Dominant genotype
• Recessive Phenotype
• monotypes

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What do we call the table used to calculate the probability of an offspring's genotype?

• Punnett square
• Venn diagram
• Golden ratio
• Fibonacci sequence

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Select all that would be considered phenotypes:

• Blonde

• Rr

• Short

• rr

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the physical/observable characteristic

• phenotype

• genotype

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alleles for a trait that are the different

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Quasizygous

• Juxtazygous

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alleles for a trait that are the same

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Quasizygous

• Juxtazygous

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a trait that is masked unless 2 copies are present is ________________________

• recessive

• dominant

• weak

• hidden

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a trait that is always expressed if present is _____________________

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Strong

• True

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A _______ is an alternative form a gene.

• chromosome

• sister chromatid

• allele

• telomere

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Which of the following best describes a GENOTYPE?

• The allele/genetic makeup of an organism.
• The physical expression of a trait.

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

• Gene
• Allele
• Codon
• Nucleotide

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If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• tT

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Tt is-

• homozygous dominant
• homozygous recessive
• heterozygous
• none of these

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Another word for homozygous is...

• purebred
• hybrid
• heterozygous
• dominant

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

• Purple
• Green
• GG
• gg