genetics

Question 1

carriers

Answer 1

a person or other organism that inherits a recessive allele for a genetic trait or mutation but doesn’t show the trait or show symptoms of the disease.

Question 2

sex-linked traits

Answer 2

sex-linked traits are traits that are associated with genes found on sex chromosomes.

Question 3

polygenic traits

Answer 3

trait controlled by two or more genes

Question 4

multiple alleles

Answer 4

three or more alleles of the same gene

Question 5

codominance

Answer 5

when both alleles of a gene contributes the phenotype of the organism ( a roan cow)

Question 6

incomplete dominance

Answer 6

when one allele is not completely dominant over another (mix of both parents)

Question 7

f1 v f2 generation

why is it important

Answer 7

f1- our parents
f2- me and my siblings
It is important because a recessive allele is gonna skip a generation and a dominant allele is in every generation.

Question 8

genotype vs phenotype

Answer 8

a genotype is the numbers or gene combination an organism has. a phenotype is the physical characteristic of an organism/the way they look

Question 9

homozygous vs heterozygous

Answer 9

homo- two identical alleles for a particular trait

hetero- two different alleles for the same trait

Question 10

mendels 3 laws

Answer 10

1. law of independent assortment: separate traits are separately inherited
2. law of dominance: there is dominant and recessive trait
3. law of segregation: everyone has 2 alleles for every trait and these trait segregate randomly during meiosis

Question 11

why were pea plants a good choice?

Answer 11

they are easy to grow and easy to raise, and they have many visible characteristics.

Question 12

gene vs trait vs allele

Answer 12

trait= a specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another
gene=  a sequence of DNA that codes for a protein thus determines a trait
allele= are the different possibilities for a given trait