11.1/11.2 Vocab

Question 1

characteristic determined by its gene/protein

Answer 1

trait

Question 2

study of heridity/inheitance

Answer 2

genetics

Question 3

sperm fusing with an egg to create a zygote

Answer 3

fertilization

Question 4

zygote contains __ alleles from parents

Answer 4

2

Question 5

heterozygous individual

Answer 5

hybrid

Question 6

portion of DNA that makes/determines a trait

Answer 6

gene

Question 7

copy of a gene

Answer 7

allele

Question 8

father of genetics, discovered how genes work

Answer 8

gregor mandel

Question 9

more common allele, capital letter

Answer 9

dominant

Question 10

less common allele, lower case letter

Answer 10

recessive

Question 11

2 same alleles, pure bred

Answer 11

homozygous

Question 12

2 different alleles, hybrid

Answer 12

heterozygous

Question 13

used to show parent’s potential offspring

Answer 13

punnett squares

Question 14

physical description of the genotype

Answer 14

phenotype

Question 15

allele combination

Answer 15

genotype

Question 16

cross between homozygous recessive/dominant parent to determine whether dominant parent is homo/hetero

Answer 16

testcross

Question 17

2 alleles from a parent separate to offspring

Answer 17

principle of segregation

Question 18

2 alleles

Answer 18

principle of independent assortment