BIOLOGY 150: CHAPTER 11
(PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
InhertianceA2-A2Ans--
ProcessA2byA2whichA2theA2traitsA2ofA2organismsA2areA2passedA2toA2theirA2offspring
GeneA2-A2Ans--
UnitA2ofA2heredityA2thatA2encodesA2informationA2neededA2toA2produceA2proteins,A2cells,A2a
ndA2entireA2organisms
LocusA2-A2Ans--TheA2locationA2ofA2aA2geneA2onA2aA2chromosome
HowA2canA2oneA2geneA2locusA2containA2differentA2informationA2forA2aA2givenA2trait?A2-
A2Ans--AA2varietyA2ifA2allelesA2forA2oneA2traitA2canA2beA2representedA2atA2theA2sameA2locus
MutationsA2-A2Ans--ChangesA2inA2theA2nucleotideA2sequenceA2inA2genes
HomozygousA2-A2Ans--
IfA2bothA2homologousA2chromosomesA2carryA2theA2sameA2alleleA2atA2aA2givenA2geneA2loc
us
HeterozygousA2-A2Ans--
IfA22A2homologousA2chromosomesA2carryA2differentA2allelesA2atA2aA2givenA2locus
True-BreedingA2-A2Ans--
OrganismsA2thatA2possessA2traitsA2thatA2areA2inheritedA2unchangedA2byA2allA2offspringA2pr
oducedA2byA2self-fertilization
HybridsA2-A2Ans--OffspringA2ofA2parents
PunnettA2SquareA2MethodA2-A2Ans--
PredictsA2offspringA2genotypesA2andA2phenotypesA2fromA2combinationsA2ofA2parentalA2ga
metes
GenotypeA2-A2Ans--
ParticularA2combinationA2ofA2theA22A2allelesA2carriedA2byA2anA2individual
PhenotypeA2-A2Ans--PhysicalA2expressionA2ofA2theA2genotype
(PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE)
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
InhertianceA2-A2Ans--
ProcessA2byA2whichA2theA2traitsA2ofA2organismsA2areA2passedA2toA2theirA2offspring
GeneA2-A2Ans--
UnitA2ofA2heredityA2thatA2encodesA2informationA2neededA2toA2produceA2proteins,A2cells,A2a
ndA2entireA2organisms
LocusA2-A2Ans--TheA2locationA2ofA2aA2geneA2onA2aA2chromosome
HowA2canA2oneA2geneA2locusA2containA2differentA2informationA2forA2aA2givenA2trait?A2-
A2Ans--AA2varietyA2ifA2allelesA2forA2oneA2traitA2canA2beA2representedA2atA2theA2sameA2locus
MutationsA2-A2Ans--ChangesA2inA2theA2nucleotideA2sequenceA2inA2genes
HomozygousA2-A2Ans--
IfA2bothA2homologousA2chromosomesA2carryA2theA2sameA2alleleA2atA2aA2givenA2geneA2loc
us
HeterozygousA2-A2Ans--
IfA22A2homologousA2chromosomesA2carryA2differentA2allelesA2atA2aA2givenA2locus
True-BreedingA2-A2Ans--
OrganismsA2thatA2possessA2traitsA2thatA2areA2inheritedA2unchangedA2byA2allA2offspringA2pr
oducedA2byA2self-fertilization
HybridsA2-A2Ans--OffspringA2ofA2parents
PunnettA2SquareA2MethodA2-A2Ans--
PredictsA2offspringA2genotypesA2andA2phenotypesA2fromA2combinationsA2ofA2parentalA2ga
metes
GenotypeA2-A2Ans--
ParticularA2combinationA2ofA2theA22A2allelesA2carriedA2byA2anA2individual
PhenotypeA2-A2Ans--PhysicalA2expressionA2ofA2theA2genotype