Monogenic and Dihybrid crosses

Question 1

What is dihybrid inheritance?

Answer 1

• Inheritance of two traits at the same time

Question 2

How do you write the diyhbrid genotypes/

Answer 2

• the pair of alleles for each trait together and the pairs in alphabetic order

Question 3

What is a dihybrid cross is used to show?

Answer 3

• it assumes the allele for two genes are independently assorted in meiosis.

Question 4

What is monogenic?

Answer 4

• monogenic inheritance is the inheritance of a characteristic that is controlled by one only one gene, usally with just two alleles.