Mendelian Genetics Intro

We can predict the probability that a trait will be passed on using

• a calculator

• math

• punnett squares

• genetics

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Mendel discovered the field of genetics by studying which kind of plant?

• potato plants

• pea plants

• carrot plants

• rose bushes

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This is the term for a hybrid organism.

• heterogeneous

• homogeneous

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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Homozygous means the same thing as

• purebred

• hybrid

• genetic cross

• same

Different forms of a gene are called

• traits

• alleles

• phenotypes

• heterozygous

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An allele that may be covered up by another trait

• dominant

• genotype

• recessive

• phenotype

Mendel's law of segregation states

• alleles are separated during meiosis

• some alleles are dominant over others

• genes for different traits are inherited without influencing each other

• genes are physically expressed

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How confident do you feel about genetics as of right now?

• I know genetics! I could teach this unit.

• I think I remember a little bit from middle school.

• I remember some things but most of this makes no sense.

• I have no idea what we're talking about.

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If you crossed a BB bunny with a bb bunny, how many offspring would be Bb?

• 100%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 0%

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The father of Genetics is

• Gregor Mendel

• Rosalind Franklin

• Louis Pasteur

• Charles Darwin