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6.

Why are peas a good model system for studying heredity?

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7. How did Mendel cross-pollinate flowers?

sperm) onto the female ports

of onother flower.

8. What is the difference between a gene and an allele? ents to

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ollele is one form of o gene.

9. State the principle of dominance.

'perm
ollele for s troit will exhibit thot form sf the trait. -he toble shows some crosses befween frue-breeding parents thol corry poirs of dominont (such :lleles os SS/ or poirs of recessive olleles (such os ss). Complete the toble to show fhe :cmbinotion of olleles in the offspring. Then use it to onswer Quesfions t O-l t .

;rrLlld study

tcration)

Dominant and Recessive Forms of Pea Plant Traits

Trait Parent Plants (P Generation)

Offspring
(F, Generation)

Frg'
!c:S are

Seed Color

Yellow YYW White 99

Constricted
ss

Green

Yellow
Yy

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S

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Cray
GC

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r .:ait conr-: of the

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Seed Coat Color

Cray
Gg

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rne allele

Pod Shape

o x
CC

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Smooth ss

W
Smooth

X=4

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5s

--'zS
Creen
Cc

Pod Color

Green

Yellow

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cc

-{-).

\\rhat is the dominant shape of a pea pod? How do you know?

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i. \\'hat symbol represents the recessive allele for pod color?

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