Reference no: EM132653980
A squirrel's fur color is either black or brown. The dominant color is black and is abbreviated as B. The recessive trait is brown with the abbreviation of b.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the characteristic that is controlled by the genes.
2. What are the two possible traits?
3. If the genotype of a squirl is Bb what would the phenotype of the squirrel's fur?
4. If the phenotype of the squirrel's fur is brown what would be its genotype?
5. If a squirrel has the genotype BB how would you describe its genotype? (homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, heterozygous)
6. What would be the phenotype of the BB squirrel?
6. If a squirrel that is heterozygous for the fur color gene is crossed to another squirrel that is heterozygous for the fur length gene, what will be the phenotypes of the offspring?
7. For this table, you will compare mitosis and meiosis.
Mitosis
Meiosis
Purpose Why do we need these processes.
Number of cells produced
Are the daughter cells diploid or haploid?
Are the daughter cells genetically identical or different?
How many cell divisions occur?
During metaphase how do the chromosomes line up?