Plant and animal breeding

Question 1

Gamete

Answer 1

Another name for sex cel, produced by organisms that reproduce sexually, meaning that the offspring of the two individuals will show variation.
They are haploid - one set of chromosomes- other cells are diploid - two sets of chromosomes

Question 2

Genotype

Answer 2

All of the inherited genetic information that an organism possesses

Question 3

Homozygous

Answer 3

When an organism has two identical alleles for a particular gene

Question 4

Heterozygous

Answer 4

When an organism has two different alleles for a particular gene

Question 5

Why are the observed figures for reproduction different to the predicted figures

Answer 5

Since fertilisation is a random process involving an element of chance