Heredity Review

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring is known as...

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Heredity

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Two of the SAME alleles is called...

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Homozygous

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What holds your genetic material in the nucleus of all your cells?

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Chromosomes

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Which of the following is homozygous recessive? (Example: rr)

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rr

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Two DIFFERENT alleles is called...

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Heterozygous

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What is the basic unit of heredity?

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Gene

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What are the two types of alleles?

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Dominant and Recessive

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What is the genotype for a homozygous dominant individual? (Example: AA)

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AA

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What is the phenotype of an individual?

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The observable traits of an organism.

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What does it mean if an allele is dominant?

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It masks the effect of a recessive allele.