Mendelian Genetics

AP Biology· difficulty 2/5

A test cross is used to determine

  • A

    Whether an individual showing the dominant phenotype is homozygous (AA) or heterozygous (Aa) by crossing with a homozygous recessive

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  • B

    Whether a population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium by comparing observed and expected genotype frequencies

  • C

    Whether two genes assort independently or are linked on the same chromosome by analyzing recombinants

  • D

    Whether a recessive phenotype is caused by a single allele or multiple interacting genes through pedigree analysis

Explanation

Cross unknown × aa: if all offspring are dominant, parent is AA; if 1:1 ratio of dominant:recessive, parent is Aa.

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