Alleles

Question 1

What is an Allele?

Answer 1

Different version of a gene
Codes different versions of a characteristic

Question 2

What does homozygous mean?

Answer 2

Same alleles

Question 3

How to remember what homozygous means

Answer 3

Homosexuals
Gay people like the SAME gender

Question 4

What does heterozygous mean?

Answer 4

Different alleles

Question 5

Dominant meaning

Answer 5

Alles that are dominant

Question 6

What does genotype mean?

Answer 6

The allele pair for each characteristic

(The alleles broken down from the phenotypes)

Question 7

What is the Phenotype?

Answer 7

The physical expression of the allele pair

(Straight hair)

Question 8

What allele is shown with a capital letter

Answer 8

The dominant allele

Question 9

What allele is shown as a lowercase letter?

Answer 9

A Recessive allele

Question 10

What type of allele is this: RR

Answer 10

Dominant

Question 11

What type of allele is this: Rr

Answer 11

Dominant

Question 12

What type of allele is this: rr

Answer 12

Recessive

Question 13

What method do we use to find out the gene a child might have?

Answer 13

A Punett Square

Question 14

RR x RR

Answer 14

Dominant
100% R

Question 15

Rr x Rr

Answer 15

Offspring:
75% R
25% r
3:1

Question 16

Rr x rr

Answer 16

Offspring:
50% R
50% r
1:1

Question 17

rr x rr

Answer 17

Offspring
100% r