heredity

Question 1

Heredity

Answer 1

the passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring

Question 2

Dominant Trait

Answer 2

the trait observed in the first generation when parents that have different traits are bred

Question 3

Recessive Trait

Answer 3

a trait that reappears in the 2 generation after diapering in the 1 generation with parents with different traits are bred

Question 4

Genes

Answer 4

1 set of instructions an inherited trait

Question 5

Alleles

Answer 5

1 of the alternative forms of a gene that governs a characteristic such as hair color

Question 6

Phenotype

Answer 6

an organisms appearance or other detectable characteristic

Question 7

Genotype

Answer 7

the entire genetic makeup of an organism

Question 8

Probability

Answer 8

the likelihood that a possible future event will occur in any given instance of the event

Question 9

Meiosis

Answer 9

a process in cell division during which the number of chromosomes decrease to half the original number by 2 divisions of the nucleus which results in the production of sex cells