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Genetics Basics. What do you know about the world of genetics?. #5. T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/. Use your knowledge of genetics to answer these questions. 1. Indicate whether each genotype is a heterozygous (He) or homozygous (Ho).
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Genetics Basics What do you know about the world of genetics? #5 T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/
Use your knowledge of genetics to answer these questions. 1. Indicate whether each genotype is a heterozygous (He) or homozygous (Ho). TT _____ Pp _____ dd _____ Ff _____ Tt ____ Which ones would be considered purebred? ___________ 2. In SpongeBob’s family, a yellow body color (Y) is dominant to blue (y) color. Determine the phenotype for each genotype below based on this information. YY ______________ Yy ______________ yy ______________ 3. If round eyeballs (R) are dominant to oval eyeballs (r), give the genotypes that are possible for members of SpongeBob’s family. Round eyeballs = ______________ Oval eyeballs = _________________
The answers are … 1. Indicate whether each genotype is a heterozygous (He) or homozygous (Ho). TT _____ Pp _____ dd _____ Ff _____ Tt ____ Which ones would be considered purebred? ___________ 2. In SpongeBob’s family, a yellow body color (Y) is dominant to blue (y) color. Determine the phenotype for each genotype below based on this information. YY ______________ Yy ______________ yy ______________ 3. If round eyeballs (R) are dominant to oval eyeballs (r), give the genotypes that are possible for members of SpongeBob’s family. Round eyeballs = ______________ Oval eyeballs = _________________ He He He Ho Ho TT and dd Yellow Blue Yellow RR or Rr rr