Inheritance

Question 1

What is heterozygous?

Answer 1

Heterozygous is a genotype which the alleles are different

Question 2

What is homozygous?

Answer 2

homozygous is a genotype to which the alleles are identical

Question 3

What are alleles?

Answer 3

alleles are alternate forms of a gene for particular characteristics

Question 4

What is a genotype?

Answer 4

a genotype is the genetic instructions (in DNA) which are inherited from the parents for a particular gene locus

Question 5

What is a phenotype?

Answer 5

a phenotype is the characteristics that are physically expressed by an organism

Question 6

What are homologous pairs?

Answer 6

Homologous pairs are 2 chromosome that have a similar shape size and structure as another like chromosome

Question 7

What are autosomes?

Answer 7

autosomes are the non sex chromosomes. There are 22 pairs of autosomes

Question 8

What are sex chromosomes?

Answer 8

chromosomes which determine the sex of and organism. There are only 1 pair either XX or XY

Question 9

What are sex linked chromosomes?

Answer 9

sex linked chromosomes are located on the sex chromosome, more commonly the X one. Females are typically more like to carry

Question 10

What is a karyote?

Answer 10

a karyotype is a photograph of the 23 chromosome pairs found in the body

Question 11

What is recessive?

Answer 11

recessive is when the genotype is present, but the dominant is shown over the recessive. they are only shown when someone is homozygous recessive.

Question 12

What is dominant?

Answer 12

dominant alleles are the always shown in the phenotype and these are the capitol letters of an alleles

Question 13

What is co dominance?

Answer 13

co dominance is where one alleles is not dominant over another alleles. Both are shown.

Question 14

What is incomplete dominace?

Answer 14

incomplete dominance is the blending of alleles

Question 15

What is a punnet square?

Answer 15

punnet squares are a way to predict the percentage of possible outcomes of the genotype.