Lecture 2 Flashcards
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What is Mendels second law?
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Principle of independent assortment
1
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How does segregation work?
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Individuals have 2 copies of each gene
In meiosis, each gamete gets one copy of each
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If the true breeding stains PPYY and PPYY cross what would be the resulting offspring? P - purple flowers Y - yellow peas p- White flowers y- green peas
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PpYy - all purple/yellow
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What happens if the PpYy F1 generation is self fertilised?
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The gametes can have 1 of 4 different combinations. PY pY Py py
Multiple alleles do not stay linked
