chapter 3

Question 1

what is hybridization?

Answer 1

mating of two distinct individuals that have different characteristics

Question 2

what are hybrids?

Answer 2

offspring that result from such a mating

Question 3

what is self-fertilization?

Answer 3

pollen and egg are derived from same plantwha

Question 4

what is cross-fertilization?

Answer 4

pollen and eggs are derived from different plants

Question 5

what is a single factor cross?

Answer 5

crossing variants that differed in only one character

Question 6

what are monohybrids?

Answer 6

produces single character hybrids

Question 7

how is the F1 generation created?

Answer 7

true breeding parents crossed to each other

Question 8

how is the F2 generation created?

Answer 8

F1 generation is self-fertilized to produce the F2 generation

Question 9

what is the theory of inheritance?

Answer 9

“units” are the determinants of genetic characters, exists in pairs and are inherited as discrete units that remain unchanged as they are passed down

Question 10

what is mendels law of segregation?

Answer 10

during gamete formation, paired factors for a given character segregate randomly so that each gamete receives half of the factors

Question 11

what are alleles?

Answer 11

different versions of the same gene

Question 12

what does homozygous mean

Answer 12

an individual with two idential alleles- AA/aa

Question 13

what does heterozygous mean?

Answer 13

an individual with two different alleles-Aa