Mastery Terms #11

Question 0

Gene

Answer 0

sequence of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a trait; factor that is passed from parent to offspring

Question 1

Genetics

Answer 1

scientific study of heredity

Question 2

Allele

Answer 2

one of a number of different forms of a gene

Question 3

Segregation

Answer 3

separation of alleles during gamete formation

Question 4

Gamete

Answer 4

Sex cell

Question 5

Probability

Answer 5

Likelihood of a event happening

Question 6

Homozygous

Answer 6

having two identical alleles for a particular gene

Question 7

Hetrozygous

Answer 7

having two unidentical alleles for a particular gene

Question 8

Phenotype

Answer 8

physical characteristics of an organism

Question 9

Genotype

Answer 9

genetic makeup of an organism

Question 10

Imcompleat dominance

Answer 10

situation in which one allele is not completely dominant over another allele

Question 11

Codomince

Answer 11

situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are completely expressed

Question 12

Ploygenic trait

Answer 12

trait controlled by two or more genes

Question 13

Crossing over

Answer 13

process in which homologous chromosomes exchange portions of their chromatids during meiosis

Question 14

Meiosis

Answer 14

process in which the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half through the separation of homologous chromosomes in a diploid cell