4.2.2 - Law of Segregation
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What is an allele?
💡 Hint: Think about how different traits appear in organisms.
What does homozygous mean?
💡 Hint: Consider example traits with the same alleles.
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What is the key result of Mendel's Law of Segregation?
💡 Hint: Consider how traits were represented in the F2 generation.
True or false: The recessive trait is always expressed in a heterozygous individual.
💡 Hint: Think about what homozygous or heterozygous means.
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You have a pea plant with genotype Tt. What are the genotype and phenotype ratios of progeny when it is crossed with a tt plant?
💡 Hint: Use the Punnett Square to clarify combinations.
If two heterozygous plants (Tt) produce offspring, how will you calculate the probability of getting a dwarf plant?
💡 Hint: Remember to consider how each allele can combine.
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