Study guide: Punnett Squares UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Study guide: Punnett Squares UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is a gene? - CORRECT ANSWER - unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent
to an offspring


What is an allele? - CORRECT ANSWER - different gene forms



What is a gamete? What are 2 examples - CORRECT ANSWER - sex cell
Egg and sperm


Compare/Contrast dominant and recessive traits - CORRECT ANSWER - D-no carriers,
can't skip generations
R-carriers are present, skip generations


Compare/Contrast homozygous and heterozygous - CORRECT ANSWER - Homo- 2
alleles for the trait are the same
Hetero- 2 alleles for the trait are different


What is a Punnett square used for? - CORRECT ANSWER - used to predict an outcome of
offspring/breeding


What is Mendal's law of segregation? - CORRECT ANSWER - every individual has 2
alleles of each gene and when a gamete is produced, the gamete receives one of these alleles


What is Mendal's law of dominance? - CORRECT ANSWER - one of the factors for a pair
of inherited traits will be dominant and the other recessive, unless both are recessive