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Dominant And Recessive Genes Treasure Hunt

Name ____________________________

Date _______ Per ______ Asst _______

1. Different forms of a gene are called ______________________________.

2. If both genes are identical, the organism is said to be ___________________________

for that trait.

3. If two alleles are different, the organism is said to be a __________________ or

__________________________ for that trait.

4. Dominant alleles are always written as a ________________________ letter, and

the recessive allele as the same letter but _________________ _________________.

5. Why would “s” not be an appropriate expression to represent a short allele?

___________________________________________________________________

6. The physical traits that we observe are called the __________________________.

7. The two genes that determine an organism’s traits are called the ______________________.

8. The dominant pod shape for Mendel’s pea plants is __________________________, and the

recessive pod shape is ___________________.

9. What phenotype would a pea plant with a Ss genotype produce?

10. What are the possible genotypes that would produce a green pod? ___________________

11. What are the possible genotypes of a yellow pod? _______________.

12. What do these phenotypes tell you about the yellow allele?

_________________________.

Dominant And Recessive Genes Treasure Hunt