Punnett square vocabulary

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What is the study of heredity and how traits are inherited?

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Genetics

Front

What tool is used to determine the probable genotypes of offspring of two parents?

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Punnett square

Front

An allele that is masked/hidden by another is called what?

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Recessive

Front

What do you call alleles paired together that are different from each other?

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Heterozygous

Front

What is the physical make-up of an organism?

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Phenotype

Front

What is the genetic makeup of an organism?

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Genotype

Front

What type of cross involves two traits?

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Dihybrid cross

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What type of cross involves one trait?

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Monohybrid cross

Front

What is the term for an allele that can mask the effect of another allele?

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Dominant

Front

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

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Phenotype