B12-Reproduction

Question 1

Phenotype

Answer 1

The appearance of an individual regarding a particular characteristic

Question 2

Genotype

Answer 2

The genetics of an individual regarding a particular characteristic

Question 3

Allele

Answer 3

Alternative forms of a gene

Question 4

Dominant

Answer 4

Alleles which will always be dominant in the phenotype, shown as a capital letter like B

Question 5

Recessive

Answer 5

Alleles that only appear if there isn’t any dominant allele that overpower it, shown as a lower case letter like b

Question 6

Homozygous

Answer 6

Both alleles are the same, for example, BB or bb

Question 7

Heterozygous

Answer 7

The alleles are different, for example, Bb

Question 8

Gametes

Answer 8

The sex cells (ova and sperm in animals, ovules and pollen in plants) that only contain one set of chromosomes and carry one of the two alleles that the parents have in their cells

Question 9

Offspring

Answer 9

The generation produced from the reproduction of the two parents