1. Science Starters
1. What is heredity?

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2. What are two ways in which flowers can cross-pollinate?

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3. What is a dominant trait? Give an example.

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4. What is the difference between genotype and phenotype?

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5. What is an allele?

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6. What are three exceptions to Mendels observations about inheritance?

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7. How can environment influence an organisms traits?

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8. How are symbols used in genetics?

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9. Cross a heterozygous tall pea plant and a homozygous short pea plant. What is the probability of short offspring?

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The allele for black fur is dominant over the allele for white fur.
10. Cross this heterozygous black rabbit with the white one. What is the probability of white furred offspring?

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11. The allele for detached ear lobes is dominant over attached ear lobes. Find a partner and create a Punnett square to determine what your offspring would look like. If you have detached ear lobes assume you are heterozygous for that trait. What is the probability of your offspring having detached ear lobes?
D= detached ear lobes
d= attached ear lobes

12. Science Starters R= can roll tongue r= can’t roll tongue
12. Scientists believe that the ability to roll ones tongue is controlled by a single gene. The ability to roll your tongue is dominant. Not being able to roll your tongue is recessive. Find a partner and make a Punnett square to chart your possible offspring. If you can roll your tongue assume you are heterozygous for that trait. What is the probability of your offspring being able to roll their tongues.
R= can roll tongue
r= can’t roll tongue

13. Science Starters
Draw a pedigree for my family. Include the following people:
My parents Midge and Gene
My wife Melissa and myself as well as our sons Cole and Graham.
My brother Bean, his wife Stacy and their two daughters Mia and Ella
My sister Stephanie and her husband Monkey

14. Science Starters Gene Midge Bean Stacey Monkey Steph Mr. D. Melissa
Mia
Ella
Graham
Cole

15. H=healthy h= tongilitis Science Starter 14
Daniel has tongilitis, his wife Semone does not.
Daniel’s mother and father, Tyreek and Cheyenne, are both healthy.
Daniel’s sister, Danielle, is healthy. Their brother John has tongilitis.
Semone’s mother, Daisha, is healthy. Her father Malik has tongilitis.
Daniel and Semone have three children. Noelani and Jaisha are both healthy, but Kaseem has tongilitis.
H=healthy
h= tongilitis