Foundations of Genetics

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Who is considered the pioneer in the study of Genetics, known for his foundational work with pea plants?

A pair of dissimilar alleles for a certain trait is referred to as what?

What term describes a pair of alleles that are identical for a specific trait?

What is the study of genes and how traits are inherited by offspring from their parents called?

Which of the following represents a heterozygous dominant genotype?

What term describes the ratio depicting the different genotypes of offspring from a test cross?

What represents the pattern of offspring distribution according to genotype, determining the phenotype of an organism?

What is the term for the genetic constitution of an individual?

What term describes the physical appearance or expression of a specific trait?

What is the distribution pattern (expressed as a ratio) of the genes in the offspring obtained after a genetic cross?

What is the distribution pattern (expressed as a ratio) of the physical characteristics in the offspring obtained after a genetic cross?

Which of Mendel's laws states that two alleles segregate in the progeny, with half inheriting one allele and the other half the second allele?

What is the meaning of a homozygous genotype with both dominant alleles for a trait?

What are the components of which in relation to states and cross?

What is the most popular method for representing a breeding crossover to predict the genotype of the progeny?

Who invented the Punnet Square, a tool used in genetics to predict the genotype of offspring?

What is a cross between two true-breeding parents that express different traits for two characteristics called?

What type of genetic cross is exemplified by the combination RRYY x rryy?

Which law states that genes do not influence each other with regard to the sorting of alleles into gametes, allowing every possible combination of alleles for every gene?

Which rule states that the probability of two (or more) independent events occurring together can be calculated by multiplying the individual probabilities of the events?

What rule states that the probability that any of several mutually exclusive events will occur is equal to the sum of the events' individual probabilities?

For independent events X and Y, what is the probability (P) of them both occurring (X and Y)?

For mutually exclusive events X and Y, what is the probability (P) that one will occur (X or Y)?

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