Chapter 5

Question 0

Dominant trait

Answer 0

The trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

Question 2

Recessive trait

Answer 2

A trait that reappears in the second generation after disappearing in the first generation when parents with different traits are bred

Question 3

Genes

Answer 3

One set of instructions for an inherited trait

Question 4

Alleles

Answer 4

One of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic such as their hair color

Question 5

Phenotype

Answer 5

An organisms appearance or other detectable trait

Question 6

Genotype

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Probability

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Homologous chromosomes

Answer 8

Chromosomes that have the same sequence of genes and the same structure

Question 9

Meiosis

Answer 9

A process in the cell division during with u the cell number or chromosomes decrease to half the original number by two divisions of the nucleus which results in the production of sex cells

Question 10

Sex chromosome

Answer 10

One of the pair of chromosomes that determine the sex of an individual

Question 11

Pedigree

Answer 11

A diagram that shows the occurrence of a genetic trait in several generations of a family