AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

MONOHYBRID CROSS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The following letters:Aa, DD, bB, yy, are all examples of:
A
genotypes
B
phenotypes
C
chromosomes
D
amino acids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Aa, DD, Bb, yy are all examples of genotypes. It is genetic makeup of an organism.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, BB, Bb, bb could be used to represent a given variant in a gene. Genotypes can also be represented by the actual DNA sequence at a specific location, such as CC, CT, TT.

Detailed explanation-3: -The different types of genotypes are-homozygous recessive (pp), homozygous dominant (PP), and heterozygous (Pp). The homozygous dominant and the heterozygous genotypes show the same phenotypes.

Detailed explanation-4: -An organism with two dominant alleles for a trait is said to have a homozygous dominant genotype. Using the eye color example, this genotype is written BB.

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