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1
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_______ are alternate forms of a gene

A

Allele

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2
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__________ is the outward appearance of a trait

A

Phenotype

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3
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Human height, eye color, and skin color are all traits controlled by _________

A

Genetics

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4
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An allele that produces a trait in the heterozygous condition is _________

A

Dominant

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5
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_________ is the branch of biology that deals with the study of hereditary

A

Genetics

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6
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That actual combination of alleles of an organism is its ________

A

Genotype

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7
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_______________ is living fragments of DNA from one organism and inserting them into another organism

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Genetic engineering

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8
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A _____________ is a helpful device for predicting the proportions of possible genotypes

A

Punnett square

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9
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___________ is the passing of traits from parents to an off-spring

A

Hereditary

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10
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Red-green color blindness and hemophilia are two human genetic disorders that are caused by _________________

A

Sex-linked gene

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11
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Which describes the allele that causes color blindness?

A

Carried on the X chromosome

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12
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What is is called when the presence of two different alleles results in an intermediate phenotype?

A

An incomplete dominance

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13
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What separates during meiosis?

A

Alleles

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14
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What controls traits in an organism?

A

Genes

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15
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What term describes the inheritance of cystic fibrosis?

A

Recessive genes

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16
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What phenotype will the offspring represented in the Punnett square have when the Punnett square has this in the boxes: (FF, Ff, FF, Ff)

A

All dominant

17
Q

How many blood types are there?

A

4

18
Q

What are the names of the blood types?

A

AB, A, B, O

19
Q

Which blood type is the universal donor?

A

O

20
Q

Which blood type can only receive the same kind of blood type (ex: AB can only receive AB)

A

O

21
Q

Which blood type can AB donate to

A

AB

22
Q

Which blood types can receive AB

A

All of them

23
Q

Which blood types can A donate to

A

A and AB

24
Q

Which blood types can receive A

A

O and A

25
Q

Who can B donate to

A

B and AB

26
Q

Who can receive B

A

O and B

27
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Who can O donate to

A

All of them

28
Q

Who can receive O

A

O