Genetic Inheritance of Traits in Plants (Leaving Cert Agricultural Science): Quizzes
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What are genes in plants?
What are genes in plants?
Units that control traits
What happens when a plant has both a dominant and recessive allele for the same trait?
What happens when a plant has both a dominant and recessive allele for the same trait?
The dominant allele is expressed
What is hybridisation in plant breeding?
What is hybridisation in plant breeding?
Crossing plants with different traits
Why must flowers be emasculated before cross-pollination?
Why must flowers be emasculated before cross-pollination?
To prevent self-pollination
What characteristic do F1 generation plants typically display?
What characteristic do F1 generation plants typically display?
All show the dominant trait
What ratio of traits appears in the F2 generation?
What ratio of traits appears in the F2 generation?
3:1 dominant to recessive
What is the P generation in a breeding experiment?
What is the P generation in a breeding experiment?
The parent generation
Why do recessive traits reappear in the F2 generation?
Why do recessive traits reappear in the F2 generation?
F1 plants are heterozygous
How is understanding genetic inheritance useful in agriculture?
How is understanding genetic inheritance useful in agriculture?
Developing new crop varieties
What is polygenic inheritance?
What is polygenic inheritance?
Multiple genes influence one trait