Practice Rules For The Inheritance Of Traits – Mendel’s Contributions (8.2.2)

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Question 1.
What does a dominant trait mean?
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Think about which traits appear in the offspring.
Question 2.
What is a recessive trait?
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Consider color of flowers in Mendel's Peas.
3Question 3.
What is a dominant trait?
- A trait that is only expressed if both alleles are recessive
- A trait that is expressed with one allele
- A trait that never appears
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Remember how traits showed in Mendel's pea plants.
4Question 4.
True or False: The Law of Independent Assortment indicates traits are inherited together.
- True
- False
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Consider how traits like flower color and plant height behave.
Question 5.
You cross a heterozygous tall pea plant (Tt) with a homozygous short pea plant (tt). What are the expected genotypic and phenotypic ratios in the offspring?
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Use a Punnett square to visualize the crosses.
Question 6.
Explain how Mendel’s concept of independent assortment can lead to genetic variation in offspring.
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Consider how various combinations can arise from multiple traits.

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