Practice Mendelian Inheritance (1.2) - Chapter 2: Genetics and Evolution

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Question 1.
What is the Law of Dominance?
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Think about examples from pea plants.
Question 2.
Define heredity.
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What do parents pass on to their children?
3Question 3.
Which of the following is not a law of Mendelian inheritance?
- Law of Dominance
- Law of Segregation
- Law of Mutation
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Remember the primary laws established by Mendel.
4Question 4.
True or False: Incomplete dominance results in offspring with a phenotype that is a mix of both parent traits.
- True
- False
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Think about color mixing.
Question 5.
If a pea plant with the genotype Rr (round seeds) is crossed with a plant with the genotype rr (wrinkled seeds), what percentage of the offspring will have round seeds?
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Set up a Punnett square to help visualize the cross.
Question 6.
In a cross between two heterozygous plants for flower color (Rr x Rr), what is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring?
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Remember to consider both dominant and recessive traits.

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