TUESDAY 3.15.

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REVIEW FOR
VOCABULARY QUIZ
TO M O R R OW
words to know are from
your vocab practice
sheet that was assigned
friday and passed back
yesterd ay.

SPECIAL CASES OF
DOMINANCE &
M E N D E LS L A W S O F
HEREDITY NOTES
EXTRA PRACTICE
P R O B L E M S T ODAY

Genetics
Heredity
Traits
Phenotype
Genotype
Allele
Dominant
Recessive
Heterozygous
Homozygous

Genetic Terminology

Trait - any characteristic

that can be passed from
parent to offspring
Heredity - passing of traits
from parent to offspring
Genetics - study of
heredity
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Terminology

Alleles - two forms of a gene

(dominant & recessive)
Dominant - stronger of two genes
expressed in the hybrid;
represented by a capital letter (R)
Recessive - gene that shows up
less often in a cross; represented
by a lowercase letter (r)
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Terminology

Genotype - gene
combination for a trait
(e.g. RR, Rr, rr)
Phenotype - the physical
feature resulting from a
genotype (e.g. red, white)
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Genotypes

Homozygous genotype - gene

combination involving 2
dominant or 2 recessive genes
(e.g. RR or rr); also called pure
Heterozygous genotype - gene
combination of one dominant & one
recessive allele (e.g. Rr); also
called hybrid
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Regular Dominance Problems

PUNNETT SQUARES

Practice Problem #1
Predict the fur color of the offspring
of a brown heterozygous hamsters and
a white homozygous hamster. Brown is
dominant. White is recessive.
Use any letter you like.

Practice Problem #2
Predict the offspring of 2 white homozygous cows.
Black is dominant over white.
Use any letter you like.

Practice Problem #3
Predict the offspring of 2 Grey Heterozygous rats.
Gray is dominant over white, which is recessive.
Use any letter you like.

FURRY FAMILY PUNNETT SQUARE

SIMULATION
http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/steamwebsite/downloads/fu
rryfamily.swf

SPECIAL CASES OF DOMINANCE PROBLEMS

INCOMPLETE &
CODOMINANCE

Incomplete Dominance
A blending of the 2 alleles appears in the
offspring
A blue skinned alien from
one quadrant of the universe
and a yellow-skinned alien
from another quadrant of the
universe have 4 beautiful
babies in an intergalactic
example of incomplete
dominance. Miraculously, the
babies all have green skin. If
blue skin is caused by BB
and yellow skin is caused by
YY, show how the alien
miracle babies were
produced (genetically!).

Incomplete Dominance
A blending of the 2 alleles appears in the
offspring
In Mountain Mice, the
genes for length of tail
exhibit incomplete
dominance. Use a
Punnett Square to
predict the result of a
cross between a
homozygous long-tailed
and a homozygous
short tailed Mountain
boomer. What do the
offspring look like?

Incomplete Dominance
A blending of the 2 alleles appears in the
offspring
A cross between a 3eyed alien and a 1eyed alien produces
offspring that have
two eyes.
a.) If a homozygous
3-eye crosses with a
homozygous 1-eye,
what is the percent
chance of having a
two eyed offspring?

Incomplete Dominance
A blending of the 2 alleles appears in the
offspring
b.) If two two-eyed
aliens cross, what
is the percent
chance of having a
two eyed offspring?

Incomplete Dominance
A blending of the 2 alleles appears in the
offspring
c.) If a homozygous
3-eye crosses with
a 2 eye what is
the percent chance
of having two-eyed
offspring?

Codominance
both alleles appear in the offspring
A cross between a
black cat and a tan cat
produces a tabby
pattern (black and tan
fur together)
What pattern of
inheritance does this
illustrate?
What percent of kittens
would have tan fur if a
tabby is crossed with a
black cat?

Codominance
both alleles appear in the offspring
A cross between a
black cat and a tan
cat produces a tabby
pattern (black and
tan fur together)
What percent of
kittens would have
black fur if a tabby
cat is crossed with a
black cat?

Codominance
both alleles appear in the offspring
A cross between a
black cat and a tan
cat produces a tabby
pattern (black and
tan fur together)
What percent of
kitten would have a
tabby pattern if a
black cat is crossed
with a tan cat?