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2nd 9wks science
Question | Answer |
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What did Gregor Mendel do to study different characteristics in his genetics experiments? | He cross-pollinated plants |
In Mendel's experiments, what proportion of the plants in the F2 generation had a trait that had been absent in the F1 generation? | one fourth (1/4) |
factors that control traits are called? | genes |
scientists call an organization that has two different alleles for one trait a? | hybrid |
what does the notation TT mean to geneticists (scientists that study genetics) | two dominate alleles |
what does the notation Tt mean to geneticists (scientists that study genetics) | one dominate allele and one recessive allele |
what is probability | a # that describes how likely an event will occur |
what does a Punnet square show? | all possible outcomes of a genetic cross |
three pieces of evidence that support the theory of evolution. | Fossils, similarities in species, and similarities in early develoment |
Fossils show that the organizations that lived in the past are very _______ that the ones that live today | different |