1. List two characteristics of Mendel's garden pea plant Pisumsativum, that make it an ideal organism for genetic experiments and why the two characteristics are useful.
2. The drawing below shows a cell in a phase of mitosis. What phase is shown? How many chromatids are present in this stage? What is the total number of chromosomes each daughter cell will have?
3. Explain how a man who has red/green color blindness has a daughter who is not color blind, but a grandson who is.
4. How did the phrase ?dumb jock? come to be? (The phrase reflects two characteristics, intelligence and athletic prowess. Let us suppose that above average intelligence occurs in 25 out 100 children and superior athletic prowess occurs in 1 out 50 children. Using the rules of multiplication or addition, calculate the odds on a person having above average intelligence AND athletic prowess.