heredity

Question 1

the passing of genetic material from genetic material from parents to offspring

Answer 1

heredity

Question 2

segments of DNA found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic

Answer 2

genes

Question 3

different versions of the gene

Answer 3

allele

Question 4

the combination of alleles that you inherit from your parents

Answer 4

genotype

Question 5

your obsevable traits

Answer 5

phenotype

Question 6

allele contributes to the phenotype if one or two copies are present in the genotype

Answer 6

dominant

Question 7

allele contributes to the phenotype only when 2 copies of it are present

Answer 7

recessive

Question 8

each allele in a heterozygous individual influences the phenotype

Answer 8

incomplete dominance

Question 9

both of the alleles in the heterozygous individual contributes to the phenotype

Answer 9

codominance

Question 10

a characteristic passes from one generation to another

Answer 10

trait

Question 11

graphic used to predict possible genotypes to offspring

Answer 11

punnett square

Question 12

example of incomplete dominance

Answer 12

when a red flower breeds with a white flower and makes a pink flower

Question 13

example of Codominance

Answer 13

when someone with type A blood breeds with someone with type B blood their offspring will have AB blood type