3.2 Traits And Inheritance

Question 1

one set of instructions for an inherited trait

Answer 1

gene

Question 2

one of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic, such as hair color

Answer 2

allele

Question 3

an organism’s appearance or other detectable characteristic

Answer 3

phenotype

Question 4

a condition that prevents hair, skin, and eyes from having normal coloring

Answer 4

albanism

Question 5

the entire genetic makeup of an organism; also the combination of genes for one or more specific traits

Answer 5

genotype

Question 6

a plant with 2 dominant or two recessive alleles

Answer 6

homozygous

Question 7

a plant that has the genotype pp

Answer 7

heterozygous

Question 8

the alleles of both true-breeding purple-flowered plants and true-breeding white-flowered plants will be written as

Answer 8

pp

Question 9

the dominant genotype

Answer 9

p

Question 10

all the same

Answer 10

PP, Pp, pP

Question 11

the likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event

Answer 11

Probability

Question 12

traits that do not blend together, but allele has its own degree of influence

Answer 12

incomplete dominance