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2…Worksheet Answers
 is the likelihood that a certain event will occur.

½, or 50 percent

Both alleles are the same. The alleles are different.

The phenotype depends on The phenotype will appear by

whether both alleles are the dominant allele.
dominant or recessive.
 SS Ss
Smooth Smooth

Ss ss
Smooth constricted

Ss is ½ (¼ + ¼).

it is ½ (¼ SS + ¼ ss).
 It is ¼ (ss). SS Ss
Smooth Smooth

Ss ss
It is ¾ ( ¼ SS + ½ Ss). Smooth constricted

 zero
 because this individual did not have a dominant allele.

Genes for different traits segregate independently during the formation of gametes.
 CcSS CCSs CcSs

CcSS ccSS CcSs

CCSs CcSs Ccss

CcSs Ccss ccss

ccss . Its probability is 1/16.

Green pod color and smooth pod shape.

9/16 (the combined probability of CCSS, CCSs, CcSS, and CcSs).

9: With both dominant traits (green pod color and smooth pod shape)

3: With the first dominant trait and the second recessive trait. (green pod color and constricted pod shape )

3: With the first recessive trait and the second dominant trait. (yellow pod color and smooth pod shape)
1: With both recessive traits. (yellow, constricted pod)

genes
allele
recessive

parent
segregate
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 He experimented with fruit flies instead of plants.
He was the first to discover that Mendel’s principles apply to organisms other than plants.

If their parents are heterozygous for both traits, the genes and alleles segregate
independently, resulting in all possible phenotype combinations:
o dominant-dominant, ( brown hair – brown eyes)
o dominant-recessive, ( brown hair – blue eyes )
o recessive-dominant ( blond hair – brown eyes )
o recessive-recessive. ( blond hair – blue eyes )
ph Ho
ph Ho
Ge He
Ge He
ph Ho
Ge He
Ge He
Ge Ho
Ho
 Tt

Tt tt
 Tall
Short
Tall

Three offspring will be tall

and one offspring will be short.