Test #1 semester 2

Question 1

Dihybrid

Answer 1

when parents differ in 2 different traits

Question 2

law of independent assortment

Answer 2

when allele for different traits are inherited separately so they can occur in all combinations

Question 3

complete dominance

Answer 3

when heterozygous/hybrid will only exhibit dominant allele

Question 4

incomplete dominance

Answer 4

when hybrids/heterozygous have an appearance in between their parents
THINK OF THE “IN” IN INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE AS in BETWEEN

Question 5

multiple allele traits

Answer 5

when more than 2 possible alleles for a gene exist within a population of organisms

Question 6

codominance

Answer 6

when both alleles contribute and are expressed in the phenotype of the herezygote

Question 7

sex-linked gene

Answer 7

a gene linked on either side of the sex chromosme

Question 8

pleiotropy

Answer 8

when one gene influences leads to many phenotypes

Question 9

polygenic traits

Answer 9

the sum of 2 or more genes on a single phenotypic trait

Question 10

epigenetics

Answer 10

your traits are from your grandparents

Question 11

epistatus

Answer 11

interactions among genes