Vocab- Genes

Question 0

Gene

Answer 0

~DNA

Question 1

Dominant Allele

Answer 1

~Allele that always shows up

*Represented by capital letter

Question 3

Phenotype

Answer 3

~What the organism looks like

Question 5

Heterozygous

Answer 5

~2 different allele

Question 6

Homozygous

Answer 6

~2 of the same allele

Question 7

Trait

Answer 7

characteristic

Question 10

Recessive Trait

Answer 10

~Only shows up if the persons is pure recessive masked if paired with a dominant

Question 11

“Pure for a trait”

Answer 11

~Two of the same allele

Question 12

Tt

Answer 12

• Hybrid
• Heterozygous
• Pheno – Tall

Question 13

tt

Answer 13

• Pure
• Homozygous
• Pheno– Short

Question 14

Genotype

Answer 14

~genetic makeup

Question 16

Hybrid

Answer 16

~ 2 different alleles

~ one from mom, one from dad

Question 18

Heredity

Answer 18

~passing of traits from parent to offspring

Question 20

Alleles

Answer 20

~First form of a trait
~1 from mom
~1 from dad

Question 21

Multiple Alleles

Answer 21

more than 2 different alleles for a trait

Question 22

Codominance

Answer 22

both alleles have equal strength and when they occur together they both appear

Question 23

Incomplete Dominace

Answer 23

both alleles have equal strength

Question 24

Contrasting Alleles

Answer 24

Alleles opposite from one another

Question 25

First Filial Generation

Answer 25

identified chromosomes as the genetic material responsible. for mendelian inheritance

Question 26

Karyotype

Answer 26

the number and visual apperance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei

Question 27

Parent generation

Answer 27

generation of individuals of different genotypes that are mated

Question 28

probabitly

Answer 28

the likely hood of something happening