Mendelian Inheritance

Question 1

theories on inheritance established before Mendel’s theory

Answer 1

preformation theory
theory of Pengenes
the blending hypothesis
particulate hypothesis

Question 2

branch of biology that is defined as the “study of heredity and variation”

Answer 2

Genetics

Question 3

origin of the term genetics

Answer 3

gene

Question 4

genes

Answer 4

segments of DNA

Question 5

study of genes

Answer 5

genetics

Question 6

father of modern genetics

Answer 6

Gregor Mendel

Question 7

year Mendel’s experiment was established

Answer 7

1860

Question 8

Mendel’s occupation

Answer 8

Augustinian Monk

Question 9

Creator of the Punnett Square

Answer 9

Reginald Punnett

Question 10

University Mendel went to

Answer 10

University of Vienna (1851)

Question 11

influence of Mendel’s scientific thought process

Answer 11

physicist Christian Doppler
and
botanist Franz Unger

Question 12

Type of analysis mendel used

Answer 12

quantitative data
analysis

Question 13

plant Mendel worked with

Answer 13

Pisum sativum (pea)

Question 14

plant exhibiting both male and
female reproductive organs

Answer 14

monoecious plant

Question 15

year of mendel’s first hybridization experiment

Answer 15

1856

Question 16

amount of pairs which traits
Mendel investigated

Answer 16

7

Question 17

variant for a character

Answer 17

Trait

Question 18

offspring produced in many generations through self-fertilization are identical.

Answer 18

true-breeding

Question 19

Name of Mendel’s experiment

Answer 19

simplest hybridization experiment

Question 20

generation of the original parents

Answer 20

Parental (P) Generation

Question 21

generation of offspring of original parents

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First Filial (F_1) Generation

Question 22

generation of offspring of the first filial generation

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Second Filial (F_2) Generation

Question 23

trait that always shows up

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Dominant

Question 24

trait that is masked

Answer 24

Recessive

Question 25

Alternative version of a gene

Answer 25

Allele

Question 26

two alleles for a heritable character segregate and end up in different gametes

Answer 26

Law of Segregation

Question 27

pair of chromosomes with the same gene sequence in the same location

Answer 27

Homologous chromosome

Question 28

observable appearance of a trait

Answer 28

Phenotype

Question 29

allelic combination underlying phenotypes; represented by symbols

Answer 29

Genotype

Question 30

pair of alleles for a character are identical

Answer 30

Homozygous

Question 31

alleles for a character are different;

Answer 31

Heterozygous

Question 32

diagrammatic device used for predicting the allele composition of offspring from a cross

Answer 32

Punnett square

Question 33

cross between individuals that are heterozygous for a single character or gene

Answer 33

monohybrid cross

Question 34

XX

Answer 34

homozygous dominant

Question 35

xx

Answer 35

homozygous recessive

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Xx

Answer 36

heterozygous

Question 37

two alleles for a heritable character assort independently

Answer 37

Law of Independent Assortment

Question 38

cross between individuals that are heterozygous for both characters

Answer 38

dihybrid