Topic 6 - Genetic Diagrams Flashcards
What controls the characteristics you develop?
What genes you inherit. Some are controlled by a single gene, but most are controlled by several genes interacting
What are alleles?
Different versions of a gene
How many alleles are there per gene?
You have two versions of every gene in your body - one on each chromosome in a pair.
What do homozygous and heterozygous mean?
If an organism has two alleles which are the same, then its homozygous for that trait. Two different and it is heterozygous
What is the dominant and recessive allele?
The allele for the characteristic that is shown is the dominant allele, other one recessive
What is a genotype?
Your genotype is the combination of all the alleles you have
What is your phenotype?
Your phenotype is the characteristics you have
