What organism did Mendel work with in order to study heredity?
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Peas
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What are genes?
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Genes are individual factors that control heredity.
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What are the different forms ofgenes called?
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Alleles
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During segregation what occurs?
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During segregation alleles for thesame trait are separated.
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Mrs. Johnson is homozygous for brown hair (BB) and her husband is homozygous for blonde hair (bb). What would you call their offspring? (You need BOTH terms)
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Heterozygous / Hybrids
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What occurs during meiosis?
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The number of chromosomes arereduced and gametes are formed.
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How many gametes are formed fromone cycle of meiosis in a male?
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4 sperm
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In females what is the name and purpose of the 3 sacrificed cells that result from meiosis?
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Polar bodies, they maintain theproper number of chromosomesin the one remaining egg cell.
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What does diploid mean?
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A cell that contains both sets ofhomologous chromosomes.
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How is meiosis different from Mitosis?
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•In mitosis you end up with 2 identical cells.•In meiosis you end up with 4 genetically different sperm, or 1 genetically different egg(different from other egg cells).
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What two words mean different?
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Heterozygous & Hybrid
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What are alleles and what are the 2 forms they can come in?
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Alleles are different forms of genesand they can be dominant or recessive.
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What do diploid and haploidmean?
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•Diploid means the cell contains bothsets of chromosomes.•Haploid means the cell contains a single set of chromosomes.
$400 Question from Key Terms
What are the phenotypes of all thefish on Mrs. Johnson’s mural?
$400 Answer from Key Terms
Orange, white, yellow, and shiney.
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During meiosis what process occursand results in lots of genetic variation in the gametes?
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Crossing over
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What is the purpose ofPunnett Squares?
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To show the probability of a cross.
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If you cross two hybrids what is the phenotypic ratio of the offspring?
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3:1
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When is a test cross used?
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To find out the genotype of an unknown organism that is showing a dominant trait.
$400 Question from Punnett Squares
The female in cross should be putwhere on a punnett square?
$400 Answer from Punnett Squares
The female is always put acrossthe top in a punnett square.
$500 Question from Punnett Squares
In a 2 trait cross, what type of parents will produce a 9:3:3:1 ratio of offspring?
$500 Answer from Punnett Squares
Both parents must be heterozygous for both traits.
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Final Jeopardy
What breed of cat was produced in 1935 from a Siamese cat and a Persian cat?