BIOLOGY - UNIT 7 GENETICS AND HEREDITY PROBABILITY

The probability of having the combination of one head and one tail when flipping two coins is _____.

1/2

What is the probability that a seed from a parent plant of genotype Rr will carry the r gene?

1/2

If you have two pennies, the probability of both coming up heads when flipped is _____.

1/4

Using the group of cards just described in this lesson, the probability of drawing a red five is

1/56

The second generation phenotypes resulting from the cross of true-breeding monohybrid pollination will display a ratio of _____.

3:1

The calculation of probabilities is based on planned events.

False

Genetics experiments on the breeding of plants or animals are based on the laws of _____.

probability

The chance that a certain event will occur is known as its _____.

probability

The probability of two independent events occurring together is the of the probability of each event occurring separately.

product

probability

the chance that a given event will occur; usually expressed between the number 0 (will not occur) and 1 (the event will occur)