Introduction to Heredity

Question 1

Felicity draws this diagram on the board to explain one of Mendel's experiments for her classmates. She says that it shows the cross between two first-generation offspring. What is the error in her diagram?

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One pea should be green and three peas should be yellow.

Question 2

round✔ wrinkledboth

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✔ wrinkled

Question 3

Question 113051

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113051

Question 4

Pp✔ PPpurple white

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✔ PP

Question 5

What is the phenotype? [___]

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purple

Question 6

Which statements describe the inheritance of traits? Select three options.Traits can be inherited.No traits are inherited.Offspring inherit one allele for a gene from each parent.Offspring inherit two alleles for a gene from each parent.An offspring with two identical alleles for a trait is homozygous. An offspring with two different alleles for a trait is homozygous.

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Traits can be inherited.; Offspring inherit one allele for a gene from each parent.; An offspring with two identical alleles for a trait is homozygous.

Question 7

Use the diagram to answer the question.Which genes have the same alleles? Select three options.

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gene for production of fur; gene for production of nails; gene for temperature regulation

Question 8

✔ roundwrinkledboth

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✔ round

Question 9

Consider these two characteristics.Characteristic 1: a scar due to an injuryCharacteristic 2: the shape of a person's faceWhich characteristic is a trait that can be inherited? Explain your answer.

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Answer

Question 10

In pea plants, the allele for yellow seeds (Y) is dominant over the allele for green seeds (y).

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yy; green

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