Mendel's Laws

An allele is

• another word for a gene
• a homozygous genotype
• a heterozygous genotype
• one of several possible forms of a gene

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Phenotype refers to the ______________________ of an individual.

• genetic makeup
• actual physical appearance
• recessive alleles

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T3 - What does heterozygous mean?

• An organism that has the same alleles for a trait (TT or tt)
• An organism that has different alleles for a trait (Tt)
• When neither allele is fully dominant; offspring is a mixture of both
• the different forms of a trait (hair color--> brown, blonde, red

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T3 - Which of the following genotypes is homozygous recessive?

• Tt
• tt
• TT
• T

If your genotype is Bb, then you can only pass a B or b to your child but you can't pass both.

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Segregation

• Law of Independent Assortment

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An organism is a hybrid genotype (Tt) but is appears tall instead of short.

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Segregation

• Law of Independent Assortment

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Person A is smart and has brown hair while Person B is also smart but has blonde hair.

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Segregation

• Law of Independent Assortment

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There are more right-handed people in the world.

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Segregation

• law of Independent Assortment

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One gene for the type of earlobes a person will have will be in each gamete.

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Independent Assortment

• Law of Segregation

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Which of Mendel's laws states that alleles are separated during meiosis?

• Law of Dominance

• Law of Segregation

• Law of Independent Assortment

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