Unit 7 - Notes 2: Punnett Squares

Question 1

What is the 3 laws of inheritance?

Answer 1

Law of Dominance, Law of Segregation, and Law of Independent Assortment.

Question 2

What is Law of dominance?

Answer 2

an dominant allele will express itself over a recessive allele.

Question 3

What is Law of Segregation?

Answer 3

when chromosomes separate in meiosis, each gamete (egg or sperm) will receive only one chromosome from each pair.

Question 4

What is Law of Independent Assortment?

Answer 4

the assortment of chromosomes for one trait doesn’t affect the assortment of chromosomes for another trait

Question 5

What is a Punnett Square?

Answer 5

Determining the probability of possible gametes that two parents could produce using a Punnett Square.

Question 6

What does Cross mean?

Answer 6

mating of two organisms

Question 7

What is P?

Answer 7

parental generation

Question 8

What is F1?

Answer 8

first generation

Question 9

What is F2?

Answer 9

second generation

Question 10

What is monohybrid cross?

Answer 10

one gene crossing

Question 11

What is Dihybrid cross?

Answer 11

used for finding the possible genotypes of offspring when considering genes at the same time.

Question 12

What is FOIL?

Answer 12

FOIL method is first, outside, inside last