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An organism who is the offspring of many generations of organisms with the same traits is called ___.

purebred

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An organism whose family consists of generations of organisms with a variety of traits is called ___.

a hybrid

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If G represents the dominant allele of a gene, then g would represent the ____.

recessive allele

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A chart used to predict results of genetic crosses is ___.

a punnett square

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In this Punnett Square, what percentage of organisms would have green pea pods?

50%

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In this Punnett Square, what percentage of organisms would be heterozygous dominant?

50%

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In this Punnett Square, which type of trait is homozygous?

recessive

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Why did Mendel use a paintbrush in his experiments with peas?

to control the fertilization of the plants

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In pea plants, the tall-stem allele and the short-stem allele are different forms of the same ___.

gene

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If a ___ allele is present, its trait will appear in the organism.

dominant

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What are the physical characteristics that are studied in genetics called?

traits

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An organism's physical appearance is its ___.

phenotype

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An organisms alleles is its ___.

genotype

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What is probability?

the likelihood something will happen

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In pea plants, green (G) is dominant. Yellow (g) is recessive. Why can a plant with yellow pods never be a hybrid?

A hybrid would have one dominant allele and one recessive (Gg). The dominant trait would show and the plant would be green, not yellow.

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