Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance
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- when we talk about phenotype, we are talking about ______.
- what we see
- what we letters we use
- the ratio
- XX is a _______ genotype
- Female
- Male
- Unknown
- Individuals who have one copy of a recessice allele bue does not "show" or express it is called a _______.
- Genotype
- Carrier
- Phenotype
- ___________ occurs during meiosis 1 or meiosis 2 when homologous chromosomes fail to seperate.
- True breeding
- Non-disjunction
- Testcross
- ____________ : One less chromosome
- Polyploidy
- Trisomy
- Monosomy
- ______________ : three chromosomes
- Trisomy
- Polyploidy
- Monosomy
- ___________ : Multiple extra chromosomes.
- Trisomy
- Polyploidy
- Monosomy
- A sperm or egg carries only one allele for each inherited characteristic because the two members of an allele pair seperated from each other during the production of gametes
- Law of independent assortment
- True Breeding
- Law of segregation
- The inheritance of one characteristic has
no effect on the inheritance of another.
- Law of independent assortment
- True Breeding
- Law of segregation
- A mating between an individual of dominant phenotype
but unknown genotype and a homozygous recessive individual.
- True Breeding
- Law of independent assortment
- Testcross
- Purebred varieties. Varieties that went through
self-fertilization and produced offspring identical to the parent.
- Testcross
- Law of independent assortment
- True Breeding
