B5.1.5+6 - Genetic Crosses Flashcards
How do you predict a child’s characteristics before birth?
By trying to combine the alleles of both parents
What is a phenotype?
The set of someone’s characteristics
What table do you use to predict a child’s characteristics?
Punnet square
What is a genetic cross?
The act of predicting a child’s characteristics
What legumes were used to help predict the laws of inheritance?
Peas
If all the alleles of a genetic cross are heterozygous, what will the characteristic of the child be?
Whatever the dominant allele is
If there was a genetic cross between a homozygous dominant and a homozygous recessive, what would the offspring be?
Heterozygous
How many pairs of chromosomes determine what gender you are?
1
If your 23rd chromosome pair consists of 2 big X’s, which gender will you be?
Female
If your 23rd chromosome pair consists of a big X followed by a smaller Y, which gender are you?
Male