Module 2

Question 1

What are particulate genetics?

Answer 1

Mendelian genetics - inheritance of traits through genes

Question 2

What is blending inheritance?

Answer 2

wrong offspring are a mix of parental traits

Question 3

what is co-dominance?

Answer 3

both alleles are fulled expressed (i.e. striped flowers)

Question 4

what is incomplete dominance?

Answer 4

blending, an average of alleles is expressed (i.e. pink flowers)

Question 5

What is the difference between monohybrid and dihybrid?

Answer 5

monohybrid = 1 trait
dihybrid = 2 traits

Question 6

what is the goodness of fit analysis?

Answer 6

Chi- squared analysis

Question 7

What are the properties of dominant alleles?

Answer 7

they are expressed over recessive alleles

Question 8

what is homozygosity?

Answer 8

when a trait shares the same allele, heterozygosity is opposite