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Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark

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Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain b…

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Chapter 12, Problem 34CTQ

A heterozygous pea plant produces violet flowers and yellow, round seeds. Describe the expected genotypes of the gametes produced by Mendelian inheritance. If all three genes are found on the same arm of one chromosome should a scientist predict that inheritance patterns will follow Mendelian genetics?

Features of a Concept Features of a Concept Characteristics are discrete; that is, they are unitary. Genetic features have alternative forms, and each feature is inherited from one of the two parents. These are called alleles. One allele is dominant over the other allele. The dominant allele is reflected in the phenotype. Random segregation creates the gametes. The heterozygotic individuals produce gametes with an equal frequency of both alleles. Genes are unlinked; that is, different traits arise from the independent assortment.

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Ch. 12 - Figure 12.5 In pea plants, round peas (R) are...Ch. 12 - Figure 12.6 What are the genotypes of the...Ch. 12 - Figure 12.12 What ratio of offspring would result...Ch. 12 - Figure 12.16 In pea plants, purple flowers (P) are...Ch. 12 - Mendel performed hybridizations by transferring...Ch. 12 - Which is one of the seven characteristics that...Ch. 12 - Imagine you are performing a cross involving seed...Ch. 12 - Consider a cross to investigate the pea pod...Ch. 12 - A scientist pollinates a true-breeding pea plant...Ch. 12 - The observable traits expressed by an organism are...

Ch. 12 - A recessive trait will be observed in individuals...Ch. 12 - If black and white true-breeding mice are mated...Ch. 12 - The ABO blood groups in humans are expressed as...Ch. 12 - In a mating between two individuals that are...Ch. 12 - If the allele encoding polydactyly (six fingers)...Ch. 12 - A farmer raises black and white chickens. To his...Ch. 12 - Assuming no gene linkage, in a dihybrid cross of...Ch. 12 - The forked line and probability methods make use...Ch. 12 - How many different offspring genotypes are...Ch. 12 - Labrador retriever's fur color is controlled by...Ch. 12 - Which of the following situations does not follow...Ch. 12 - Describe one of the reasons why the garden pea was...Ch. 12 - How would you perform a reciprocal cross for the...Ch. 12 - Mendel performs a cross using a true-breeding pea...Ch. 12 - Calculate the probability of selecting a heart or...Ch. 12 - The gene for flower position in pea plants exists...Ch. 12 - Use a Punnett square to predict the offspring in a...Ch. 12 - Can a human male be a carrier of red-green color...Ch. 12 - Why is it more efficient to perform a test cross...Ch. 12 - Use the probability method to calculate the...Ch. 12 - Explain epistatis in terms of its Greek-language...Ch. 12 - In Section 12.3, ''Laws of Inheritance," an...Ch. 12 - People with trisomy 21 develop Down’s syndrome....Ch. 12 - A heterozygous pea plant produces violet flowers...

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