A researcher crossed a homozygous yellow seed plant (YY) and a heterozygous yellow seed plant (Yy). Determine the genotype and phenotype ratios of the offspring.

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Q: What is the reason for doing a test cross?a. to identify heterozygous individuals with the dominant…

A: Test cross is defined as the crossbetween unkown genotype, to a homozygous recessive organism…

Q: What is represented by a white square? Answers A - D a female without the trait a male with the…

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Q: Use a Punnett square to predict the offspring in a cross between a dwarf pea plant (homozygous…

A: Introduction: Punnet square is a form of a chart that helps in determining the expected proportion…

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Q: Construct a Punnett square for a cross between two heterozygous pea plants with violet flower color.

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Q: Having 2 different alleles from the parents would make the offspring

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Q: In a cross between a heterozygous tall pea plant and a dwarf plant,predict the ratios of the…

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Q: This is the pedigree of a family, some of whom exhibit the dominant W trait.  What is the likelihood…

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Q: Use a Punnett square to predict the offspring in a cross between a tall pea plant (heterozygous) and…

A: The hereditary unit of an organism is known as gene. It consists of the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)…

Q: A heterozygous white rabbit is crossed with a hommozygous black rabbit.  find genotype and…

A: Genotypes are the letters that make up the individual such as BB, bb.Phenotype is the particular…

Q: Why was the garden pea a good choice as an experimental organism in Mendel’s work?

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Q: Use the genotype of the two parents in the pedigree to decide if the white lock of hair is dominant…

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Q: If you crossed a heterozygous fruit fly with straight wings and red eyes to one with curly…

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Q: The pedigree below shows the blood types of the Jones family. Review the pedigree and determine the…

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Q: Two people have decided to have offspring.  The mother is homozygous type A and the father is…

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Q: The Law of Independent Assortment describes why there is so much diversity among offspring of a…

A: Heterozygous dominant Heterozygous dominant species has one dominant allele and one recessive…

Q: Compare and contrast: over-dominance and co-dominance

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Q: A black cat and a white cat have a litter of kittens that are all black. State the genotype of the…

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Q: Hairy petals is the dominant trait in a species of orchid. If an orchid has hairy petals, which…

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Q: A cross between a black cat and a tan cat result in a tabby cat. A tabby cat is crossed with a tan…

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Q: Two parents who have the same phenotype for a given trait produce a child with a different phenotype…

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Q: Define the Law of Segregation and use a Punnett Square to predict the offspring expected from a…

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Q: In pea plants, yel that a cross was seed color. CC a. Complete

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Q: For each genotype below, indicate whether it is heterozygous or homozygous. Write PAUL if its…

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Q: The trait, Widow's peak, is a allele. dominant

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Q: A test cross is done by crossing a parent with a dominant phenotype but unknown genotype is crossed…

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Q: What is the reason for doing a test cross? to determine which allele is dominant to the genotype of…

A: In the field of genetics, a test cross is a genetic cross performed to determine whether an organism…

Q: The Law of Independent Assortment describes why there is so much diversity among offspring of a…

A: The Principle of Independent Assortment describes how different genes independently separate from…

Q: Explain how Mendel’s interpretation of his pea plant experiments would have changed if he did not…

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Q: A tall, purple pea plant that is true-breeding is crossed with a short, white pea plant. What will…

A: introduction:- Mendel examined seven features in his pea plants, each of which was expressed as one…

Q: Write a one-sentence definition of the term“genotype.” Do the same for “phenotype.”

A: A gene is a specific nucleotide sequence in RNA or DNA. It is generally located on a chromosome. A…

Q: Suppose that you are raising Mongolian gerbils. You notice that some of your gerbils have white…

A: A recessive allele is one that is expressed only under homozygous conditions.  A dominant allele can…

Q: If both parents are recessive short, what is the genotype in percentage (%) for the possible…

A: Mendels experiment regarding the  characteristics will help to identify the possible phenotype and…

Q: Explain 3-breed rotational cross and give an example

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Q: Cross a heterozygous pea plant with a homozygous recessive pea plant. Draw a Punnett square to show…

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Q: Describe the one cross you would do, out of your gardens, to determine the exact genotype of your…

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Q: Use a Punnett square to illustrate the genotypic and phenotypic ratios of one of Mendel’s crosses.

A: One of Mendel's law of inheritance is the law of dominance. Law of dominance states that in a cross…

Q: Examine the pedigree below. Write the genotype for each individual in the family. The two children…

A: Introduction A pedigree chart shows the genetic history of a family over numerous generations.…

Q: Make a Punnet square based on genotype and phenotype and explain

A: When characteristics are assigned in form of genes or alleles , it is called genotype . Noticeable…

Q: Using forked line method, figure out the phenotype and genotype of the offspring between two…

A: Given, Parental genotype AaBbCC  AabbCc