11.1 flashcards
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What is a genotype?
an individual’s allele combination
What is a phenotype?
the visible trait that the alleles cause
What does it mean when a trait is dominant?
it takes one allele to cause the phenotype
What does it mean when a trait is recessive?
it takes two alleles to cause the phenotype
What is a genotype ratio?
the ratio of the possible allele combinations
What is a phenotype ratio?
the ratio of the different traits visible
What does parent organims are true breeding?
the genotypes are homozygous and the phenotype will be the same for all of the organisms it produces
in the mendell cross, what will the F1 generation be like?
they will have hybrid or heterozygous genotypes and the same one phenotype
in the mendell cross, what will the F2 generation be like?
