Genetics

Question 1

Gregor Mendel

Answer 1

Austrian monk who studied the inheritance of traits in pea plants and found offsprings retained traits of the parents called the father of genetics (discovered before DNA)

Question 2

Punnett square

Answer 2

Used to help solve genetics problems

Question 3

Alleles

Answer 3

Two forms of a gene

Question 4

Dominant

Answer 4

Stronger of two genes expressed in the hybrid (capital letter)

Question 5

Recessive

Answer 5

Gene that shows up less often in a cross (lowercase letter)

Question 6

Genotype

Answer 6

Gene combination for a trait

Question 7

Phenotype

Answer 7

The physical feature resulting from a genotype

Question 8

Homozygous genotype

Answer 8

Gene combination involving 2 dominant or recessive genes (pure)

Question 9

Heterozygous

Answer 9

Gene combination of one dominant and one recessive allele (hybrid)

Question 10

Pedigree

Answer 10

Diagram showing the phenotypes of a trait for a group of related organisms
Male is square
Female is curcle

Question 11

Karyotype

Answer 11

Organized profile of a persons chromosome