Genetics

Question 1

Genotype

Answer 1

Genetic makeup of an organism

Question 2

Phenotype

Answer 2

Physical characteristics

Question 3

Allele

Answer 3

Different versions of the same gene

Question 4

Mutation

Answer 4

A change in a gene

Question 5

Dominant allele

Answer 5

The allele that shows (A)

Question 6

Recessive allele

Answer 6

Must have 2 to be visible (a)

Question 7

Homozygous

Answer 7

AA or aa

Question 8

Heterozygous

Answer 8

Aa

Question 9

Monohybrid

Answer 9

Cross between 1 differing gene

Question 10

Punnett Square

Answer 10

Diagram to predict genotypes

Question 11

Test Cross

Answer 11

An experimental cross to find the unknown genotype

Question 12

Law of Independent Assortment

Answer 12

All genes move independently

Question 13

Incomplete Dominance

Answer 13

More than 1 capital letter, more than two phenotypes
BLEND

Question 14

Codominance

Answer 14

More than 1 capital letter
More than 2 phenotypes
Both phenotypes show

Question 15

Multiple alleles

Answer 15

More than two alleles

Question 16

Hemophilia

Answer 16

Blood does not clot properly, thin

Question 17

Epistasis

Answer 17

A gene being dependent upon other genes to show

Question 18

Gamete

Answer 18

Reproductive cells

Question 19

Somatic cells

Answer 19

Any cell which is not a reproductive cell

Question 20

Hybrid

Answer 20

Offspring of two different species of an organism

Question 21

Carrier

Answer 21

An individual who carries a gene and can pass it on, but does not show it

Question 22

Autosomal Disorder

Answer 22

Mutations on the autosomes
Ex: Cystic Fibrosis

Question 23

Pedigree

Answer 23

Record of “affected” people in a family