Question

PART I

Determine if each of the following terms describes a gene or an allele. If the term is a gene give an example of an allele which represents that gene. If the term is an allele give the example of the gene the allele represents.

Term	Gene or Allele	Example
1. Eye Color	Gene
2. Round Seed	Allele
3. Purple Flower
4. Height
5. Blond Hair	Gene
6. Length of Eyelashes
7. Yellow Seed
PART II
Read the description for the following alleles. Write the appropriate symbols for the dominant and recessive alleles in the proper location.
Description		Dominant	Recessive
1. Tall plants are dominant to short plants		TT	tt
2. Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers		PP	pp
3. Round face is dominant to a square face		RR	rr
4. Bushy eyebrows are dominant to fine eyebrows		BE	be
5. Large eyes are dominant to small eyes		LE	le
6. Yellow seeds are dominant to green seeds		YS	ys
7. Curly hair is dominant to straight hair		CH	ch

Answer 1

Term	Gene or allele	Example
Eye Color	gene	black, brown blue, green
Round Seed	allele	the shape of the seed which is round
Purple flower	allele	colour of the flower which is purple
Height	Gene	long, short or medium
blond hair	gene	colour of the hair which is blond could be black
Length of eyelashes	gene	short or long or medium
Yellow seed	allele	colour of the seed which is yellow