Bio30 Brhs Mendel Geneticsreveiw Sl

Front 1

Who is considered to be the father of genetics?

Back 1

Gregor Mendel

Front 2

A phenotype is the appearance/ characteristic of a gene?
True or False

Back 2

True

Front 3

What are the chances of a white flower being produced by a homozygouse dominant red parent and a homozygouse recessive white parent?

Back 3

0%

Front 4

If W represents brown eyes and w represents blue eyes, what is the phenotype of a person with "Ww"

Back 4

brown

Front 5

What is the genotype of a person with blue eyes?

Back 5

"ww" (2 lower-case double-you's)

Front 6

What is it called when two genes interact to produce a phenotype that neither is capableofproducing itself? (ex.chicken combs)

Back 6

complementary interaction

Front 7

In sex-linked genes, the father only gives half of his genes on his X chromosome to his daughter.
True or False

Back 7

False, in sex linked genes, hte father gives all of his genes on the X chromosome to his daughter

Front 8

In sex linked deseases, if a father is normal, and the mother is normal, and they produce an affected son, what must have happened?

Back 8

The mother was hiding the affected gene. THe mother was heterozygous.

Front 9

X-linked deseases are more common in males than in females
true or false

Back 9

true

Front 10

If a crossover value is 1%, how many map units apart are the genes?

Back 10

1 unit apart