Bio 2_L 1.1: Mendelian Laws Of Inheritance #3

Question 1

a mating between two individuals involving one characteristic or one pair of contrasting traits.

Answer 1

Monohybrid cross

Question 2

true-breeding initial parents.

Answer 2

Parental generation (P1 generation)

Question 3

offspring of the P generation

Answer 3

First filial generation (F1 generation)

Question 4

Offspring of F1 generation

Answer 4

Second Filial General (F2 Generation)

Question 5

definite position that a gene occupies in a chromosome

Answer 5

Locus

Question 6

represent the segregation of gametes in the parents and the fertilization to produce the possible offspring

Answer 6

Punnet Square

Question 7

Who invented the Punnet Square?

Answer 7

Reginald C. Punnett

Question 8

in a heterozygous individual, one allele (dominant) completely masks the expression of the other allele (recessive.)

Answer 8

Principal of Dominance

Question 9

two alleles of a gene in an individual segregate or separate from each other during gamete formation.

Answer 9

Law of Segregation

Question 10

mating between two individuals involving two characteristics or two pairs of contrasting traits.

Answer 10

Dihybrid cross

Question 11

alleles from different genes are sorted into the gametes independently of each other.

Answer 11

Law of Independent Assortment