Genetics

Question 1

Trait

Answer 1

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through it’s genes

Question 2

Hereditary

Answer 2

The passing of traits from parent to offspring

Question 3

Dominate

Answer 3

A trait that always shows up in the organism when the allele is present

Question 4

Recessive

Answer 4

A trait that masked when a dominant allele is present

Question 5

Allele

Answer 5

A different forms of a gene for a single trait, may be dominant or recessive

Question 6

Dominant

Answer 6

Represented with capital letters

Question 7

Recessive

Answer 7

Represented with lower case letters

Question 8

Homozygous

Answer 8

Having to identical allele for a trait (two homozygous dominant or two homozygous recessive

Question 9

Heterozygous (hybrid)

Answer 9

Having two different alleles for a trait (both the recessive and dominant alleles and present)

Question 10

Phenotype

Answer 10

An organism physical appearance, or visible traits. Physical expression of the genotype

Question 11

Genotype

Answer 11

The genetic makeup of an organism (the allele combinations)