Laws of Inheritance

Why did Mendel study pea plants?

What can be known about Mendel’s five-part hypothesis?

What is a gene?

Which type of scientific statement is defined as "a possible explanation or answer to a scientific question that is based on prior knowledge or research and is testable"?

Which type of scientific statement is defined as a statement of fact that is generally accepted to be true and universal because it has always been observed to be true?

The concept of evolution by way of natural selection is a central tenet in biology that has been tested in numerous ways by many scientists but is not yet considered a law. Evolution by way of natural selection is most likely which type of concept?

What does the notation Rr mean to geneticists?

When plants that are heterozygous for seed shape and have round seeds are crossed, what is the probability that the offspring will have wrinkled seeds?

When Mendel crossed purebred purple flowering plants (PP) with purebred white flowering plants (pp), what were the flower colors of the resulting offspring?

A pea plant that has round seeds has the genotype Rr. It is crossed with a pea plant that has wrinkled seeds and the genotype rr. What is the probability that the offspring will have wrinkled seeds?

Parents that are heterozygous for having freckles (dominant) are crossed. Which correctly describes their offspring?

Which statement summarizes the law of segregation?

Which of Mendel's laws or principles states that gametes carry one allele for each trait?

The diagram represents one of Mendel’s laws or principles of inheritance.

Which law or principle does the diagram represent?

Which of Mendel's laws or principles explains that traits are passed from parents to offspring individually instead of as pairs, groups, or sets?

Each kernel of corn on a single ear can inherit a different set of alleles from those inherited by other kernels. This characteristic makes corn a useful example of which law or principle?