5 - MENDEL'S LAW OF INHERITANCE

Question 1

Described the units and how they pass on from generation to generation

Answer 1

Gregor Mendel

Question 2

units of inheritance

Answer 2

elementen

Question 3

two Mendelian laws of inheritance

Answer 3

1. Gene Segregation
2. Independent Assortment

Question 4

states that only one of the two alleles for a gene is put into a gamete

Answer 4

Law of Segregation

Question 5

one of two or more versions of a gene

Answer 5

alleles

Question 6

organism’s alleles

Answer 6

genotype

Question 7

outward expression of an allele combination

Answer 7

phenotype

Question 8

carry same alleles

Answer 8

homozygous

Question 9

carry different alleles

Answer 9

heterozygous

Question 10

parental generation

Answer 10

P1

Question 11

first filial generation

Answer 11

F1

Question 12

second filial generation

Answer 12

F2

Question 13

offspring have the same trait as parent

Answer 13

true breeding

Question 14

follows one trait

Answer 14

monohybrid cross

Question 15

most common phenotype

Answer 15

wildtype phenotype

Question 16

crossing an individual of unknown genotype with a homozygous recessive individual

Answer 16

test cross

Question 17

law that considers two genes on different chromosomes

Answer 17

Law of Independent Assortment

Question 18

the inheritance of one does not influence the chance of inheriting the other (true or false)

Answer 18

True

Question 19

independent assortment results from the random alignment of chromosome pairs during _________ of meiosis

Answer 19

metaphase I

Question 20

double heterozygotes

Answer 20

dihybrid