Heredity
What is the purpose of a punnett square?
It is used to predict the DNA composition of offspring of two individuals with a known genotype
It is used to predict the allele composition of offspring of two individuals with a known genotype
It is used to predict the allele composition of offspring of two individuals with a known phenotype
It is used to predict the phenotypic composition of parents of two children with a known genotype
If a trait exhibits more than two possible phenotypes, which pattern of inheritance could be responsible?
Multiple alleles
Simple Mendelian inheritance
Epistasis
Pleiotropy
If genes exist in more than two allelic forms, this is called
x-linked
multiple alleles
incomplete dominance
codominance
A Punnett square that has sixteen squares is called a(n) _____.
Mendelian cross
Dihybrid cross
F1 generation
Monohybrid cross
How can we describe traits controlled by more than two genes?
Multiple alleles.
Polygenic inheritance.
Epistasis.
Codominance.
In a certain species of plant, flower color is controlled by gene interactions where two genes affect pigment production; how might this result in a ratio that deviates from typical Mendelian ratios in an F2 generation?
No deviation from Mendelian ratios as gene interactions do not occur
A modified dihybrid ratio such as instead of
A classic Mendelian dihybrid ratio of
An incomplete dominance ratio such as
Which concept explains why a lethal recessive allele can persist in a population's gene pool without being eliminated by natural selection?
Natural selection favors lethal alleles as they increase genetic diversity within a population.
Dominant alleles always mask the presence of lethal recessive alleles in heterozygotes.
Heterozygote carriers are usually unaffected and continue to pass on the allele.
Lethal alleles cause mutations that confer advantages in certain environments.

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If two heterozygous round pea plants are crossed, what percent of the offspring may be wrinkled (recessive)?
1
0.5
0.25
0.75
What preserves genetic variation in a population?
gene flow
Mendelian Inheritance
mutations
natural selection
A test cross involves crossing an individual expressing a dominant phenotype but unknown genotype with an individual that is homozygous recessive; what proportion of offspring would exhibit the recessive phenotype if the unknown parent were heterozygous?
None of the offspring would exhibit the recessive phenotype.
One-quarter of the offspring would exhibit the recessive phenotype.
All of the offspring would exhibit the recessive phenotype.
Half of the offspring would exhibit the recessive phenotype.