Science Test Reveiw Flashcards
_______ are alternate forms of a gene
Allele
__________ is the outward appearance of a trait
Phenotype
Human height, eye color, and skin color are all traits controlled by _________
Genetics
An allele that produces a trait in the heterozygous condition is _________
Dominant
_________ is the branch of biology that deals with the study of hereditary
Genetics
That actual combination of alleles of an organism is its ________
Genotype
_______________ is living fragments of DNA from one organism and inserting them into another organism
Genetic engineering
A _____________ is a helpful device for predicting the proportions of possible genotypes
Punnett square
___________ is the passing of traits from parents to an off-spring
Hereditary
Red-green color blindness and hemophilia are two human genetic disorders that are caused by _________________
Sex-linked gene
Which describes the allele that causes color blindness?
Carried on the X chromosome
What is is called when the presence of two different alleles results in an intermediate phenotype?
An incomplete dominance
What separates during meiosis?
Alleles
What controls traits in an organism?
Genes
What term describes the inheritance of cystic fibrosis?
Recessive genes