Week 9, Session 3Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene IdeaSupplemental InstructionIowa State UniversitySI Leader: KelseyCourse: Bio 211 (5)Date: 10-22-09Instructor: Dr. Holscher1. Describe the procedure of Mendel’s experiment. (What did he cross? Why?)2. Explain Mendel’s 2 laws: --3. What is an allele? 4. What is the name for the specific place an allele is located? 5. A ____________________ organism has 2 identical alleles.6. A ____________________ organism has 2 different alleles. 7. After crossing two cats, you notice its offspring are orange, denoted as Rr. - “Orange” is the cat’s _____________________- Rr is the cat’s _______________________8. Pretend you have a snake with blue skin, and you know that blue skin is recessive in snakes. What must the snake’s genotype be?Academic Success Center1060 Hixson-Lied Student Success Center 294-66249. What is the purpose of a testcross? 10. Describe the three different types of dominance (other than complete). ---11. Explain
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