Basics of genetics and Mendel’s laws
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
What genotypes can a dominant-phenotype organism have and how can they be found out?
AA or Aa; by the test cross (× aa).
2
Aa × Aa produced 2000 plants. About how many show the dominant trait?
1500
3
If pink four-o’clocks (Rr) are crossed, what is the phenotype ratio and why is it not 3:1?
1 red : 2 pink : 1 white; the heterozygote is intermediate (incomplete dominance).
4
Using yellow (A) and green (a) peas, write F2 of P: AA × aa in a Punnett square.
F1 Aa × Aa: AA, Aa, Aa, aa → 3 yellow : 1 green.
5
List the stages in the development of genetics.
Mendel’s laws; Morgan’s chromosome theory; use of physics, chemistry and cybernetics.