Reproduction and Genetics

Question 1

Science of inheritance

Answer 1

Genetics

Question 2

Unit of Inheritance

Answer 2

Gene

Question 3

Component of gene that controls inheritance

Answer 3

DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid

Question 4

Long, slender, threadlike structures found in the nucleus of the cell

Answer 4

Chromosomes

Question 5

______ and _____ appear in pairs

Answer 5

chromosomes and genes

Question 6

Diploid chromosome number of cattle and goats?

Answer 6

30

Question 7

Diploid chromosome number of swine and cats?

Answer 7

19

Question 8

Diploid chromosome number of chicken and dog?

Answer 8

39

Question 9

Diploid chromosome number of sheep

Answer 9

27

Question 10

Diploid chromosome number of horse

Answer 10

32

Question 11

Diploid chromosome number of rabbit

Answer 11

22

Question 12

Hides a paired gene’s characteristic

Answer 12

Dominant genes

Question 13

suppressed gene

Answer 13

recessive gene

Question 14

When will the recessive gene show?

Answer 14

when the offspring acquired two recessive genes

Question 15

result of joint action of genes

Answer 15

Incomplete dominance

Question 16

Used to determine the possible combinations of dominant and recessive genes

Answer 16

punnet square

Question 17

Animal that carries two different genes is called

Answer 17

heterozygous

Question 18

Animal that carries two identical genes

Answer 18

Homozygous

Question 19

Outward physical appearance of the animal

Answer 19

phenotype

Question 20

Genetic makeup of the individual

Answer 20

Genotype

Question 21

When the animal has a white pattern mixed with other its dominant color, it is called a

Answer 21

roan