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Biology Form 5 Chapter 5 Inheritance

This document contains 5 questions from a biology textbook chapter on inheritance based on Mendel's experiments. The questions cover Mendel's laws of inheritance, gamete formation, definitions of genes and phenotype, explanations of heterozygous and homozygous genotypes, and predicting phenotypic ratios from genetic crosses.

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Biology Form 5 Chapter 5 Inheritance

This document contains 5 questions from a biology textbook chapter on inheritance based on Mendel's experiments. The questions cover Mendel's laws of inheritance, gamete formation, definitions of genes and phenotype, explanations of heterozygous and homozygous genotypes, and predicting phenotypic ratios from genetic crosses.

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BIOLOGY FORM 5

CHAPTER 5 : INHERITANCE
NAME :______________________
5.1 Concept of Inheritance Based on Mendels Experiment
Question 1
Assuming simple Mendelian inheritance, what phenotypic ratio would results if a
heterozygous long- haired cat was crossed with a homozygous short-haired cat?
L Allele for long haired
L Allele for short haired

Question 2
a) State Mendels second law.
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b) Show the types of gametes produced by a plant with round seeds and purple
flowers, and the genotype RrPp.
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Question 3
What is meant by

a) genes
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b) phenotype
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Question 4
A tall pea plant may be heterozygous or homozygous for this character. Explain
this statement.
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Question 5
In mice, the allele for black fur is dominant to the allele for brown fur. What
phenotypic ratio would results when a heterozygous mouse was cross with another
heterozygous mouse?
B Allele for black fur
B Allele for brown fur

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