Genetics Vocabulary

Front

What is an organism that has both alleles in the same form?

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Homozygous

Front

What is a trait that covers over another form of that trait?

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Dominant Trait

Front

What is a tool used to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring?

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Punnett Square

Front

According to Mendel's law of segregation, how many alleles from each pair are passed to the offspring?

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One allele

Front

What is an organism that has one dominant allele and one recessive allele?

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Heterozygous

Front

What is the term for different forms of a gene?

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Alleles

Front

What is the physical expression of a trait called?

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Phenotype

Front

What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

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Genotype

Front

What do we call a trait that is masked by a dominant trait?

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Recessive Trait

Front

What is the process called where an organism's traits are passed from parents to offspring?

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Heredity