Mendelian Genetics

Question 1

Mendel

Answer 1

Studied garden peas and found out that a trait of one parent is passed on to offspring and not the trait of other parent

Question 2

Allele

Answer 2

Alternative state of a gene

Question 3

Dominant

Answer 3

One allele is showed over the other allele (recessive)

Question 4

Heterozygous

Answer 4

One dominant and one recessive allele

Question 5

Homozygous

Answer 5

Two dominant or two recessive alleles

Question 6

Genotype

Answer 6

All genes contained in their diploid cells

Question 7

Phenotype

Answer 7

Manifestation of expressed genes

Question 8

How to predict phenotype

Answer 8

Must know genotype of parents and which genes are dominant

Question 9

Locus

Answer 9

Specific place alleles are located on each chromosome

Question 10

P, F1 and F2

Answer 10

Parents, offspring

Question 11

Punnett Square

Answer 11

Device used to figure out offspring

Question 12

Incomplete Dominance

Answer 12

Phenotype of offspring differs from both parents, white + red = pink

Question 13

Gene Interaction

Answer 13

Occurs when 2 or more genes determine a single phenotypic trait, IQ

Question 14

Nonallelic modifier genes

Answer 14

When one allele’s phenotype is affected by a gene from another locus

Question 15

Pleiotropy

Answer 15

When a single gene can cause a number of different phenotypes