Genetics

Question 1

It is the study of heredity and variation

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Genetics

Question 2

They are rod-like structure made up of DNA that contains hereditary information

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Chromosomes

Question 3

These are the small segment of the DNA in a chromosome

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Gene

Question 4

It is the place in chromosome where the gene is located

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Gene Locus

Question 5

Different forms of the same genes

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Allele

Question 6

They are the common trait that is being expressed and masks the recessive traits

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Dominant

Question 7

These are the trait that is being concealed by the dominant trait

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Recessive

Question 8

Physical appearance of an organism based on its genotype

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Phenotype

Question 9

It is the genetic composition of an organism

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Genotype

Question 10

Austrian monk that holds the title of Father of Genetics

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Gregor Mendel

Question 11

Gregor Mendel is the first person to explain how heredity might work by using a?

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Pisum sativum or a pea plant

Question 12

It is a branch of genetics that deals with the concepts established by Gregor Mendel

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Mendelian Genetics

Question 13

What are the 3 laws of mendelian genetics?

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Law of Segregation
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Dominance

Question 14

In this law, the allele pairs will separate or segregate to form gametes

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Law of Segregation

Question 15

In this law, the segregated alleles will be sorted to genotypes independently

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Law of Independent Assortment

Question 16

In this law, only one trait from the parent organism will appear as a phenotype

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Law of Dominance

Question 17

It is the genetic cross between two organism with a single characteristic

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Monohybrid Cross