Genetics vocab

In Mendel's pea plants, purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. Which letter would we use in a genotype to describe this trait?

• P and p

• W and w

• P and W

• P, p, W, and w

If we describe a trait and say that the plant has purple flowers, this description is the plant's ______________ for the trait.

• phenotype

• genotype

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. If a plant has white flowers, its genotype would be _____.

• Pp

• pp

• ww

• Ww

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. A plant with white flowers and a genotype of pp could also be called ________________.

• heterozygous

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• hybrid

In pea plants, green pods are dominant to yellow pods. What would the genotype be for a plant that is heterozygous? Type only the two letters of the allele combination with no space.

In pea plants, green pods are dominant to yellow pods. What would the genotype be for a plant that yellow pods?

In pea plants, smooth pods are dominant to bumpy pods.

If a plant has the allele combination Ss, what would its phenotype be for pod shape?

• smooth

• bumpy

• part smooth, part bumpy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

In pea plants, smooth pods are dominant to bumpy pods.

If a plant has the allele combination ss, what would its phenotype be for pod shape?

• smooth

• bumpy

• part smooth, part bumpy

In pea plants, smooth pods are dominant to bumpy pods.

If a plant has the allele combination SS, what would its phenotype be for pod shape?

• smooth

• bumpy

• part smooth, part bumpy

If yellow peas are dominant to green peas, what are the possible genotypes for a plant with yellow peas? Check ALL that apply.

• YY

• Yy

• yy

• gg

• Gg

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2