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What is the primary use of a Punnett square?
What is the primary use of a Punnett square?
- To determine the exact phenotype of offspring.
- To predict all possible genotypes resulting from a cross. (correct)
- To identify mutations in genes.
- To observe the actual genotypes of a population.
In a Punnett square, what do the axes represent?
In a Punnett square, what do the axes represent?
- The ratio of genotypes to phenotypes.
- Possible gametes of each parent. (correct)
- Possible phenotypes of the offspring.
- The physical traits of the parents.
What type of cross involves the study of only one specific trait?
What type of cross involves the study of only one specific trait?
- Testcross
- Monohybrid cross (correct)
- Reciprocal cross
- Dihybrid cross
In a monohybrid cross between a homozygous dominant and a homozygous recessive individual, what is the expected genotype of all the offspring?
In a monohybrid cross between a homozygous dominant and a homozygous recessive individual, what is the expected genotype of all the offspring?
What is the phenotypic ratio resulting from a monohybrid cross between two heterozygous individuals?
What is the phenotypic ratio resulting from a monohybrid cross between two heterozygous individuals?
In a monohybrid cross between a heterozygous individual and a homozygous recessive individual, what is the expected genotypic ratio of the offspring?
In a monohybrid cross between a heterozygous individual and a homozygous recessive individual, what is the expected genotypic ratio of the offspring?
What is the main purpose of performing a testcross?
What is the main purpose of performing a testcross?
What type of cross involves the study of two different traits?
What type of cross involves the study of two different traits?
What phenotypic ratio typically results from Mendel's dihybrid crosses with heterozygous plants?
What phenotypic ratio typically results from Mendel's dihybrid crosses with heterozygous plants?
Which of Mendel's laws is derived from dihybrid crosses?
Which of Mendel's laws is derived from dihybrid crosses?
What does the law of independent assortment state?
What does the law of independent assortment state?
If a plant with the genotype AaBb is crossed with a plant with the genotype aabb, what is the probability of producing an offspring with the genotype aabb?
If a plant with the genotype AaBb is crossed with a plant with the genotype aabb, what is the probability of producing an offspring with the genotype aabb?
A plant with the genotype RrYy is allowed to self-fertilize. What is the probability of obtaining an offspring with the genotype RRYY?
A plant with the genotype RrYy is allowed to self-fertilize. What is the probability of obtaining an offspring with the genotype RRYY?
Consider a dihybrid cross between two plants with genotypes AaBb x AaBb, where A is dominant for tall stems and B is dominant for purple flowers. What proportion of the offspring will have tall stems and white flowers (bb)?
Consider a dihybrid cross between two plants with genotypes AaBb x AaBb, where A is dominant for tall stems and B is dominant for purple flowers. What proportion of the offspring will have tall stems and white flowers (bb)?
In a cross between two individuals with the genotype AaBb, what is the probability of an offspring being homozygous recessive for both traits (aabb)?
In a cross between two individuals with the genotype AaBb, what is the probability of an offspring being homozygous recessive for both traits (aabb)?
What is the probability of parents with genotypes Aa and Aa having an offspring with genotype aa?
What is the probability of parents with genotypes Aa and Aa having an offspring with genotype aa?
If both parents have the genotype Gg, where G represents green pods and g represents yellow pods, what percentage of offspring will have yellow pods?
If both parents have the genotype Gg, where G represents green pods and g represents yellow pods, what percentage of offspring will have yellow pods?
Suppose you cross a plant with round seeds (RR) and a plant with wrinkled seeds (rr). All the offspring are Rr. If you cross two of these Rr offspring, what is the probability that the next generation will have wrinkled seeds?
Suppose you cross a plant with round seeds (RR) and a plant with wrinkled seeds (rr). All the offspring are Rr. If you cross two of these Rr offspring, what is the probability that the next generation will have wrinkled seeds?
In pea plants, tall (T) is dominant to dwarf (t). In a cross where one parent is Tt and the other is tt, what proportion of the offspring is expected to be dwarf?
In pea plants, tall (T) is dominant to dwarf (t). In a cross where one parent is Tt and the other is tt, what proportion of the offspring is expected to be dwarf?
If you cross two pea plants with the genotype Yy, where Y is yellow and y is green, what percentage of the offspring will be green?
If you cross two pea plants with the genotype Yy, where Y is yellow and y is green, what percentage of the offspring will be green?
Flashcards
Punnett Square
Punnett Square
A grid system used to predict all possible genotypes resulting from a genetic cross.
Monohybrid Cross
Monohybrid Cross
A cross that examines the inheritance of only one specific trait.
Testcross
Testcross
Cross between organism with unknown genotype and organism with recessive phenotype.
Dihybrid Cross
Dihybrid Cross
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Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Independent Assortment
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Genotype
Genotype
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Phenotype
Phenotype
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Study Notes
- Punnett squares are grid systems that predict all possible genotypes from a cross.
- The axes of a Punnett square represent the possible gametes of each parent.
- The boxes of a Punnett Square show the possible offspring genotypes.
- The Punnett square yields the ratio of possible genotypes and phenotypes.
Monohybrid Crosses
- Monohybrid crosses examine inheritance of only one specific trait.
- Homozygous dominant crossed with homozygous recessive results in all heterozygous offspring, all with the dominant phenotype.
- Heterozygous crossed with heterozygous yields a 1:2:1 ratio of homozygous dominant: heterozygous: homozygous recessive and a 3:1 ratio of dominant: recessive phenotypes.
- Heterozygous crossed with homozygous recessive yields a 1:1 ratio of heterozygous: homozygous recessive genotypes and a 1:1 ratio of dominant: recessive phenotypes.
- A testcross involves an organism with an unknown genotype and an organism with the recessive phenotype.
Dihybrid Crosses
- Dihybrid crosses involve two traits.
- Mendel’s dihybrid crosses with heterozygous plants yielded a 9:3:3:1 phenotypic ratio.
- Mendel’s dihybrid crosses led to the law of independent assortment.
- The law of independent assortment states that allele pairs separate independently of each other during meiosis.
Probability
- Heredity patterns can be calculated with probability.
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