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| Field of biology devoted to understanding how characteristics are transmitted from parent to offspring. |
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| The passing of traits from parents to offspring |
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| Who is the Father of Genetics? |
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More common traits are called ______.
Less common traits are called _______. |
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| In Mendel's studies, what was the approximate ratio of dominant traits to recessive trait? |
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| Actual appearance of an organism. Example: Purple flowers |
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| Genetic makeup of an organism. Example: PP |
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A combination of two of the same alleles.
Example pp or PP |
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| Is PP homozygous dominant or recessive? |
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| A combination of two different alleles. Example: Pp |
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| Is it possible to be Heterozygous recessive? Heterozygous dominant> |
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Heterozygous recessive=no
Heterozygous dominant =yes |
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| When crossing are pur purple flower with a pure white flower, what color will the flower be? |
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| For pea plant height, flower color, and flower position, each trait is determined by two _______. |
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| Is a pink flower with a genotype of RW an example of incomplete dominance or codominance? |
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| Is a cat with blue and green splotches with a genotype of GB an example of Incomplete dominance or codominance? |
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| If you cross a heterozygous pink flower (RW) with a heterozygous pink flower (RW) what are all the possible phenotypes? |
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| Red (1), pink (2), white (1) |
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| are blood types examples of incomplete dominance or codominance? |
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| What is Mandel's law of segregation? |
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1. Organisms inherit two copies of each gene, one from each parent.
2. Organisms donate only one copy of each gene in their gametes. Thus, the two copies of each gene separate during gamete formation. |
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