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TEST PREP SHEET: Mendelian Genetics and Genetic Exceptions
1. What did Gregor Mendel study? Explain what the terms Dominant and Recessive mean.
Use one of the pea plant traits to help explain these terms.
2. Explain the terms Genotype and Phenotype and explain how they are related to each
other.
3. What does a monohybrid Punnett Square show? What does a dihybrid Punnett Square
show?
4. Explain the terms Homozygous and Heterozygous.
5. What does incomplete dominance mean? Show an example
6. What does Codominance mean? Show an example
7. What does sex-linked mean? Show an example. Explain why males are more likely to
have X-linked disorders.
8. What do multiple alleles mean? Show an example
9. What does it mean to be a carrier?
10. Can the environment effect genetic expression? Explain using examples
11. Majority of the test is interpreting punnett squares based on the type of genetic
inheritance pattern (codominance, incomplete dominance, etc) so be able to create and
interpret the outcomes of those offspring in percentages, ratios, or descriptions.