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The letters on the outside of the Punnett square stand for the alleles of each parent. One parent's alleles are written across the top of the square, and the other parent's alleles are written along the left side of the square. The pairs of alleles inside the square represent all the possible genotypes for their offspring.

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the letters stand for the specific trait . either one dominant and one recessive or both dominant or both recessive the letters stand for the specific trait . either one dominant and one recessive or both dominant or both recessive

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The letters outside the Punnett square represent the different alleles carried by each parent for a specific trait. These letters are used to predict the possible combinations of alleles in the offspring.

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Question # 1. The letters on the outside of a Punnett square stand for the parent alleles. The alleles are represented by upper case letters and lower case letters, depending on the dominance or recessiveness of a trait. Punnett squares can be as simple as four boxes or as complex as thirty-six boxes. When filling in a Punnett square one should place the parent the two parents at the top and the left side and place the separated alleles on the top and sides corresponding to the rows and columns of the square.

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Using Punnett Squares, you can predict the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring of a cross between a homozygous (purebred) tall pea plant and a homozygous (purebred) short pea plant.

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the letters stand for the specific trait . either one dominant and one recessive or both dominant or both recessive

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What do letters on the inside of the pungent square stand gor

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The letters in a Punnett square represent the alleles that may be inherited from each parent. Capital letters represent dominant alleles. Lower-case letters represent recessive alleles.

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The letters inside the punnett square are the genotypes. Genotypes make up 1 allele. There will be 2 letters together like Hh is heterozygous and HH is homozygous.

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Child's alleles

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