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Question 1

locus

Answer 1

Location of a gene on a chromosome

Question 2

homozygous

Answer 2

Having identical alleles of a gene

Question 3

heterozygous

Answer 3

Having two different alleles of a gene

Question 4

genotype

Answer 4

The particular set of alleles carried by an individual

Question 5

phenotype

Answer 5

An individual’s observable traits

Question 6

Mendel’s Law of Segregation

Answer 6

The two members of each pair of genes on homologous chromosomes end up in different gametes during meiosis

Question 7

monohybrid cross

Answer 7

Breeding experiment in which individuals identically heterozygous for one gene are crossed
(PP x pp)(Pp x Pp)(pp x Pp)….

Question 8

dihybrid cross

Answer 8

Breeding experiment in which individuals identically heterozygous for two genes are crossed
(PpTt x PpTt)

Question 9

law of independent assortment

Answer 9

During meiosis, members of a pair of genes on homologous chromosomes get distributed into gametes independently of other gene pairs

Question 10

incomplete dominance

Answer 10

he heterozygous phenotype is intermediate between the two homozygous phenotypes

Question 11

epistasis

Answer 11

Effect in which a trait is influenced by the products of one or more genes
(lab dogs) (have to have eyes to make them a color)

Question 12

continuous variation

Answer 12

In a population, a range of small differences in a shared trait