GENETICS REVIEWER 2

Question 1

GENETIC CHARACTERS ARE CONTROLLED BY UNIT FACTORS THAT EXIST IN PAIRS IN INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS.

Answer 1

PRINCIPLE OF UNIT FACTORS

Question 2

TWO UNLIKE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR SINGLE CHARACTER ARE PRESENT IN A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, ONE UNIT FACTOR IS DOMINANT TO THE OTHER, WHICH IS SAID TO BE RECESSIVE.

Answer 2

PRINCIPLE OF DOMINANCE

Question 3

DURING GAMETE FORMATION, THE PAIRED UNIT FACTORS SEPARATE OR SEGREGATE RANDOMLY SO THAT EACH GAMETE RECEIVES ONE OR THE OTHER WITH EQUAL LIKELIHOOD.

Answer 3

PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION

Question 4

DURING GAMETE FORMATION, SEGREGATING PAIRS OF UNIT FACTORS ASSORT INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER.

Answer 4

PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT

Question 5

A UNIT OF HEREDITY; A SECTION OF DNA SEQUENCE ENCODING A SINGLE PROTEIN.

Answer 5

GENE

Question 6

THE ENTIRE SET OF GENES IN AN ORGANISM

Answer 6

GENOME

Question 7

ONE OF THE TWO ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF A SINGLE GENE.

Answer 7

ALLELE

Question 8

AN INDIVIDUAL WITH TWO IDENTICAL ALLELES FOR A GIVEN TRAIT.

Answer 8

HOMOZYGOUS

Question 9

AN INDIVIDUAL WITH TWO DIFFERENT ALLELES FOR A TRAIT.

Answer 9

HETEROZYGOUS

Question 10

PHENOTYPE

Answer 10

THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL SUCH AS TALL, BLACK, DWARF

Question 11

GENETIC MAKE UP

Answer 11

GENOTYPE

Question 12

ALLELE THAT IS EXPRESSED AND IT PREVENTS THE EXPRESSION OF THE OTHER ALLELE WHICH IS SAID TO BE RECESSIVE.

Answer 12

DOMINANT ALLELE

Question 13

ALLELE THAT IS MASKED OR NOT NOT EXPRESSED IN HETEROZYGOUS CONDITION.

Answer 13

RECESSIVE ALLELE