3.1 Mendelian Inheritance

Question 1

Mendel’s Law of Segregation

Answer 1

Alleles sepperate without dilution into gametes, where each gamete contains one allele of each gene

Question 2

Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment

Answer 2

Alleles of one particular trait are passed on to offspring independently of each other.

Question 3

Test Cross

Answer 3

Used to determine the genotype of an individual showing dominant traits (cross individual with a homozygous recessive)