Genetics

Question 1

Gametes

Answer 1

Reproductive cell of an animal or plant

Question 2

Number of Possible Outcomes

Answer 2

Number of gametes squared

Question 3

Number of Gamete Combinations

Answer 3

2^number of alleles

Question 4

Polygenic Inheritance

Answer 4

Traits controlled by many genes in continuous gradations of small differences

Question 5

Polygenic Traits

Answer 5

A trait controlled by two or more separate genes

Question 6

Multiple-Allele Inheritance

Answer 6

Genes with more than two alternate forms

Question 7

Multiple Alleles

Answer 7

Genes represented by more than two alleles

Question 8

Locus

Answer 8

The specific location of a gene on a chromosome

Question 9

Six Mendellian Genetics

Answer 9

1) Each character is controlled by one gene
2) Each gene is on a different chromosome
3) Each character is controlled by two forms of that gene - alleles
4) One allele is dominant over the other allele
5) Alleles segregate
6) Chromosomes assort independently

Question 10

Allele

Answer 10

Alternative form of a gene located in a specific location on a chromosome

Question 11

Epistasis

Answer 11

Interaction between genes that are not alleles

Question 12

Pleiotropy

Answer 12

Production of a single gene of two or more unrelated effects

Question 13

Male VS Female Chromosome Sizing

Answer 13

Chromosome 23 is half as big in males then in females

Question 14

Gene

Answer 14

A unit of heredity that is passed from parents to offspring

Question 15

Principle of Dominance

Answer 15

The presence of a dominant allele will always mask the presence of a recessive one

Question 16

Independent Assortment

Answer 16

How different genes independently separate from one another

Question 17

Autosomal Dominant Trait

Answer 17

Either parent can pass this trait on

Question 18

Autosomal Recessive Trait

Answer 18

Parent who’s a carrier can pass this on

Question 19

Autosomal

Answer 19

Relating to a non-sex chromosome

Question 20

Dihybrid Punnet Squares

Answer 20

Include both traits, each combined in a different order

Question 21

Dihybrid Phenotype

Answer 21

Include both traits

Question 22

Blood Type Crossing

Answer 22

Monohybrid punnet square

Question 23

Blood Type Non-Mendelian Inheritance

Answer 23

Codominance

Question 24

Sex-linked Crossing

Answer 24

Monohybrid punnet square

Question 25

Sex-linked Punnet Squares and Pedigree Charts

Answer 25

Include sex

Question 26

Pedigree Charts Shading

Answer 26

Shade for trait

Question 27

Ways to Write Blood Types

Answer 27

A - I^AI^A or I^Ai
B - I^BI^B or I^Bi
AB - I^AI^B
O - ii