Definitions

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

The transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring

Question 2

Inheritance

Answer 2

The set of characteristics that have been passed from parents to the offspring

Question 3

Genetics

Answer 3

The study of heredity and the variation that occurs in the transmission of heredity characteristics

Question 4

Gene

Answer 4

A particular length of DNA at a particular location on the chromosome that influence a particular characteristic

Question 5

Locus

Answer 5

A particular position where a gene is located

Question 6

Monogenic inheritance

Answer 6

Characteristics controlled by a single gene found at a single position (locus) on the chromosome

Question 7

Polygenic inheritance

Answer 7

Characteristics controlled by more than one gene found at different positions (loci) on one or more chromosome

Question 8

Genotype

Answer 8

Combination of alleles that an individual possesses for a particular characteristic

Question 9

Phenotype

Answer 9

External appearance of an organism

Question 10

Genome

Answer 10

The complete set of all the genes in all the chromosomes of a particular species