hereditary terms

Question 1

law that states that 1 gamete will have 1 allele

Answer 1

law of segregation

Question 2

law that states that genes for different characters are inherited independently

Answer 2

law of independent assortment

Question 3

expressed characteristics of an individual inherited from the parent

Answer 3

phenotype

Question 4

set of information from the DNA that encodes for specific trait or group of traits

Answer 4

genes

Question 5

is the process of passing on of traits from parents to offspring.

Answer 5

heredity

Question 6

is the presence of different frequencies of traits among individuals or populations

Answer 6

variation

Question 7

these are the organism’s complete set of genes

Answer 7

Genome

Question 8

contains bundles of tightly coiled DNA located within the nucleus of every cell in the body

Answer 8

chromosome

Question 9

subunit of chromosome where two turns of DNA is wrapped around a set of eight proteins called histones.

Answer 9

nucleosome

Question 10

traits that come from chromosome 1-22

Answer 10

autosomal traits

Question 11

traits that come from chromosome x-y

Answer 11

sex linked traits

Question 12

result of any parental test-cross

Answer 12

filial generation

Question 13

complete overshadowing of the dominant trait over the recessive trait.

Answer 13

complete dominance

Question 14

-occurs when the phenotype
of the offspring is somewhere
in between the phenotypes of
both parents; a completely
dominant allele does not
occur

Answer 14

incomplete dominance

Question 15

-two dominant alleles
of a contrasting pair
fully expressed at the
same time in the
heterozygous
individual

Answer 15

co-dominance