mendelian genetics

A feature regulated by a set of genes (allele) passed on

from parents to offspring. Also called inherited traits.

• Heterozygous

• Mendel

• Chromosome

• Traits

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Passing on traits from parents to offspring

• Chromosome

• Genotype

• Heredity

• Allele

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The study of heredity

• Genetics

• Genome

• Allele

• Punnett Square

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The instruction of one allele covers up the instruction

of the other allele in a homologous pair. Symbolized by a capital letter.

• Recessive Allele

• Dominant Allele

• Heredity

• Trait

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

The instructions of this allele are covered up by the other allele in a homologous pair. Symbolized by a small letter.

• Homozygous

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Genetics

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the percentage of homozygous recessive offspring?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

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

• Gg
• gg
• GG

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which of the following is a heterozygous dominant genotype? 

• GG
• gg
• GGG
• Gg

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant alleles are represented by a(n)

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

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

• True
• False