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Genetics of Flying Hamster Coat Color
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Genetics of Flying Hamster Coat Color

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What is the term used for the condition when a trait is expressed in the heterozygous state?

  • Recessive allele
  • Heterozygous phenotype
  • True breeding condition
  • Dominant allele (correct)

    • What genotype is inferred for the brown hamsters based on the observation that they always produce brown progeny?

  • BB (correct)
  • B or b
  • Bb
  • bb

    • What does a recessive trait refer to?

  • A trait with unknown genotype
  • A trait associated with true breeding
  • A trait expressed in the heterozygous state
  • A trait not expressed in the heterozygous state (correct)

    • How do geneticists usually represent the recessive allele?

    <p>With a lower case letter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to describe populations where mating individuals always produce offspring with the same trait?

    <p>True breeding population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In a diploid organism, how many copies of every gene are present?

    <p>Two</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does it mean if a locus has two different alleles in a diploid organism?

    <p>It is heterozygous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the 'B' allele represent in the context of the flying hamster coat color gene?

    <p>Brown color</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is a diploid organism represented when it has two different alleles for a specific gene?

    <p>'Bb'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a locus that has two copies of the same allele in a diploid organism?

    <p>Homozygous</p> Signup and view all the answers

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