L23 - Impacts on Inheritance

Front

What term describes two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

Front

What are the characteristics that offspring inherit from their parents called?

Back

Genetic traits

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Front

What is the name of the diagram that tracks a genetic trait in several generations?

Back

Pedigree

Front

What term refers to a genetic factor that blocks another, represented by a capital letter?

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Dominant trait

Front

What term describes two different alleles for a trait?

Back

Heterozygous

Front

What is the term for the physical expression of a genetic trait?

Back

Phenotype

Front

What do we call the genetic makeup of an organism?

Back

Genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Front

What is the term for a trait that is masked by a dominant trait?

Back

Recessive trait

Front

What is the probability of obtaining a homozygous recessive offspring from two heterozygous parents?

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25% (1 in 4)

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Front

What is the term for the observable characteristics of an organism?

Back

Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1