Heredity Flashcard

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Heredity

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The passing of traits from parent to offspring

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A dominant trait is...

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A trait that always comes out

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A recessive trait is

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A trait that always hides from the dominant trait

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Gerry and his wife both have blue eyes, which is a recessive trait. What is true about their baby?

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The baby will be blue eyed

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A flower garden has 300 flowers, 250 purple and 50 white. Which is true?

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The purple flowers are dominant

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Gregor Mendel cross different flowers to study how...

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traits were being passed on

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genetics is the study of

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how traits are passed on

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True or false: A recessive trait is a trait that comes out very often in large families

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False

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True or false: You inherit 75% of your genes from mom, 25% from dad

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False

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What are the letters used to describe genes, such as Blue Eyes = (bb), called?

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Alleles