inheritance patterns

Question 1

what is blending theory

Answer 1

• offspring phenotypes are a blend of the parental traits

Question 2

what is Mendel’s particulate theory of inheritance

Answer 2

• traits are inherited as “particles” with offspring receiving a particle from each parent

Question 3

what is a monohybrid cross

Answer 3

cross parental varieties with contrasting traits for a single character

Question 4

what does diploid mean

Answer 4

two copies of each gene

Question 5

what does haploid mean

Answer 5

having a single copy of each gene

Question 6

what is Mendel’s law of segregation

Answer 6

2 copies of a gene separate during gamete formation , each gamete receives only one copy

Question 7

what is Mendel’s law of independent assortment

Answer 7

copies of different genes assort independently (meiosis)

Question 8

what were 2 successes of Mendel’s experiment

Answer 8

• true breeding lines = offspring identical to the parent
• large sample sizes = able to see clear patterns

Question 9

how do bacteria exchange genes

Answer 9

conjugation - sex pilus brings two together, genetic material passed through cytoplasmic bridge (conjugation tube)

Question 10

what is usually transferred in conjugation in prokaryotic inheritance

Answer 10

plasmids