Probability of Inheritance

Question 1

You confirmed the above in steps 1 through 3, in which you changed the of the parents and predicted the fur color, or , of the offspring.

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genotypes; Selection 1: genotypes; Selection 2: phenotypes

Question 2

In steps 4 and 5, you reversed the process. You were shown the parents and offspring above. You did a to identify the genotypes of the parents

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test cross

Question 3

parents and predicted the fur color, or , of the offspring.

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phenotypes

Question 4

In general, did the simulated mice align with your predictions from the Punnett squares?

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Yes

Question 5

Error Analysis: What might be the reason that some of your percentages didn’t exactly match your predicted results?

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Mice don’t have large litters, so the sample size was not large enough.

Question 6

Justify your answer by filling in the blanks. Both parents have white fur. OneThe most likely✔ The only

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The only; Selection 1: The only; Selection 2: bb; Selection 3: b; Selection 4: bb

Question 7

way that this can happen is if their genotypes are both ✔ bbBBBb.

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bb

Question 8

Therefore, both parents pass the B✔ bbb allele to every offspring.

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b

Question 9

When you combine two of these alleles, the resulting genotype is ✔ bbBBBb; therefore, the resulting offspring have white fur.

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bb

Question 10

If you crossed two mice with white fur, what distribution of fur color would you expect in the offspring?

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100% white

Probability of Inheritance Answers