Genetics Review

A red flowered plant (RR) is crossed with a white flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance.  What percentage of the offspring will have pink (RW) flowers?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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What type of inheritance do two alleles have if their traits blend together? 

• Incomplete Dominance
• Co-Dominance

A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?

• Incomplete Dominance
• Co dominance

If a Homozygous red snapdragon and a Heterozygous pink snapdragon were crossed-what percentage of the offspring would be homozygous white?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Each one of the boxes on the Punnett Square represents what probability of an offsprings' genotype?

• 25%
• 1%
• 10%
• 0%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

What ratio of the offspring from the cross shown will be homozygous recessive for the trait of tallness? 

• 0 in 4
• 1 in 4
• 2 in 4
• 4 in 4

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

In a flowering plant species, red flower color (R) is dominant over white flower color (r). What is the genotype of any red-flowering plant resulting from this species?

• rr
• R
• RR
• RR or Rr

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt
• Tt
• Bb
• TT

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Which choice best represents the genotype of this cross?

• 1 Yy: 2 yy: 0 YY
• 2 Yy: 2 yy: 0 YY
• 3 Yy: 1 yy: 0 YY
• 1 Yy: 3 yy: 0 YY

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1