DAY 4

Question 1

Trait

Answer 1

an organism’s specific characteristic

Question 2

Sex Chromosome

Answer 2

human males have an XY combination while females have an XX combination

Question 3

Homozygous

Answer 3

occurs when two copies of the allele are the same

Question 4

Heterozygous

Answer 4

occurs when two copies of the allele are different

Question 5

Genotype

Answer 5

inherited combination of alleles that is represented by two letters

Question 6

Phenotype

Answer 6

organism’s expressed appearance based on its genotype

Question 7

Chromosome

Answer 7

structure in a cell’s nucleus that contains DNA

Question 8

Allele

Answer 8

form of a gene that controls a characteristic

Question 9

Mendelian Genetics

Answer 9

laws of genetics that describe independently segregated and recombined alleles

Question 10

Non-Mendelian Genetic

Answer 10

inheritance patterns that express incomplete dominance

Question 11

Punnett Square

Answer 11

diagram that illustrates that possible genetic outcomes of offspring based on parents’ genotype

Question 12

Dominant Trait

Answer 12

trait that is expressed over a recessive trait

Question 13

Recessive Trait

Answer 13

trait that appears when two non-dominant alleles are ingerited