Chapter 11 Intro to Genetics

Question 1

first group of plants produced by cross-pollination

Answer 1

F1 Generation

Question 2

the organism has two identical alleles for a particular trait. TT or tt. PUREBRED

Answer 2

Homozygous

Question 3

Factors that control traits

Answer 3

genes

Question 4

passing of traits from parents to their offspring

Answer 4

heredity

Question 5

parental purebred plants. each plant has the same type of alleles

Answer 5

P generation

Question 6

the organism has two different alleles for the same trait

Answer 6

heterozygous

Question 7

self-pollinated plants that produce offspring that are identical to the parent

Answer 7

purebred

Question 8

genetic makeup of alleles

Answer 8

genotype

Question 9

plants produced by crossing parents with different characteristics

Answer 9

hybrids

Question 10

physical characteristics of the offspring

Answer 10

phenotype

Question 11

transfer of pollen from the flower of one plant onto a flower of another plant

Answer 11

cross pollination

Question 12

some alleles are more noticeable or occur more often (dominant) and some are less noticeable or occur less often (recessive).

Answer 12

dominance

Question 13

different forms of genes

Answer 13

alleles

Question 14

transfer of pollen from male to female flower part to produce seeds

Answer 14

pollination

Question 15

process in which pollen from one flower falls onto a flower of the very same plant

Answer 15

self-pollination

Question 16

characteristics that parents pass to offspring

Answer 16

traits

Question 17

only seen when it is not with a dominant, lower case letter

Answer 17

recessive

Question 18

TT or tt

Answer 18

homozygous

Question 19

Tt

Answer 19

heterozygous

Question 20

What is the difference between hybrid and purebred?

Answer 20

Hybrid is heterozygous, the alleles are different, and purebred is homozygous, the alleles are exactly the same or similar

Question 21

tt, short plant

Answer 21

recessive

Question 22

TT, Tt, tall plant

Answer 22

dominant

Question 23

What are four things you can know about a plant based on its gentype?

Answer 23

The height, color, shape, position

Question 24

Examples of plant height

Answer 24

short, tall

Question 25

examples of plant color

Answer 25

yellow, green

Question 26

examples of plant shape

Answer 26

constricted, smooth

Question 27

examples of plant position

Answer 27

terminal, axial

Question 28

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Answer 28

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