Vocabulary

Question 1

entered a monastery in Brunn, Austria; observed seven characteristics of pea plants and studied traits and heredity

Answer 1

Gregor Mendel

Question 2

is a genetically determined variant of a characteristic such as a yellow flower

Answer 2

trait

Question 3

the transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring

Answer 3

heredity

Question 4

it masks or dominates the factor for the other trait in the pair “B”

Answer 4

dominant

Question 5

has no effect on an organisms appearance when that trait is paired with a trait controlled with a dominant factor

Answer 5

recessive

Question 6

states that a pair of factors is segregated or separated during the formation of gametes

Answer 6

law of segregation

Question 7

two forms of genes

Answer 7

alleles

Question 8

an organisms genetic makeup

Answer 8

genotype

Question 9

an organism appearance

Answer 9

phenotype

Question 10

the both allies of a pair are alike

Answer 10

homozygous

Question 11

when the two alleles of a pair are different

Answer 11

heterozygous

Question 12

a cross in which only one characteristics is tracked

Answer 12

monohybrid

Question 13

a cross in which two characteristics are tracked

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dihybrid

Question 14

the study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics

Answer 14

genetics

Question 15

states that one of the factors for a pair of inherited traits will bedominantand the other recessive, unless both factors are recessive

Answer 15

law of dominance

Question 16

reproductive cells (sperm or eggs) and has 1 allele

Answer 16

gamete

Question 17

the process of cell division that results in gametes

Answer 17

miosis

Question 18

result of the cross of two genetically different parents

Answer 18

hybrid

Question 19

same genetics

Answer 19

purebred

Question 20

means parent

Answer 20

P

Question 21

means first offspring

Answer 21

F1

Question 22

means second offspring

Answer 22

F2