Science-Genetics

Question 1

I am the factor that controls a trait

Answer 1

Gene

Question 2

I am the different forms of a gene

Answer 2

Alleles

Question 3

I am each different form of a characteristic, such as stem height or seed color

Answer 3

Trait

Question 4

I am the father of genetics

Answer 4

Mendel

Question 5

I am the type of plants that Mendel studied

Answer 5

Pea plants

Question 6

I am the passing of physical characteristics from parents to offspring

Answer 6

Heredity

Question 7

I am an organism with two different alleles for a trait (Aa)

Answer 7

Heterozygous

Question 8

I am an organism with two of the same alleles for a trait (AA or aa)

Answer 8

Homozygous

Question 9

I am the allele that is fully expressed (trait always shows up)

Answer 9

Dominant allele

Question 10

I am the allele that expresses little or no (trait covered up)

Answer 10

Recessive allele

Question 11

I am the inheritance where both alleles are dominant

Answer 11

Codominance

Question 12

I am the genotype of a female

Answer 12

XX

Question 13

I am the genotype for a male

Answer 13

XY

Question 14

I am the law that states genes separate and only one allele from each pair is passed down

Answer 14

Law of segregation

Question 15

I am the law the law that states one allele is dominant and one allele is recessive

Answer 15

Law of dominance

Question 16

I am the law that says that traits separate from each other

Answer 16

Independent assortment

Question 17

I am the type of cross that analyzes one trait

Answer 17

Mono hybrid

Question 18

I am the type of cross that analyzes two traits

Answer 18

Dihybrid

Question 19

I am the genotype for homozygous Black haired rat (Black is dominant to white) {use letter b}

Answer 19

BB

Question 20

I am the genotype for a white haired rat {use the letter b}

Answer 20

bb

Question 21

I am the type of inheritance that controls blood typing

Answer 21

Codominance and multiple alleles

Question 22

I am the type of inheritance controlled by more than one gene

Answer 22

Polygenic

Question 23

I am the type of inheritance controlled by more than one allele

Answer 23

Multiple alleles

Question 24

I am what the trait looks like

Answer 24

Phenotype

Question 25

I am the genetic make-up of a trait

Answer 25

Genotype

Question 26

I am an organism whose offspring of many generations that have the SAME trait, for example short plants come from a long line of short plants

Answer 26

Purebred

Question 27

I am an organism that has two different alleles for a trait (aka heterozygous)

Answer 27

Hybrid

Question 28

I am the ability to predict the results of a particular event

Answer 28

Probability

Question 29

I am the chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

Answer 29

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