BJU Genetics Intro Terms

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Who is known for creating diagrams that help understand how parent alleles mix into their offspring?

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Reginald Punnett

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What is the physical expression of a trait in an organism called?

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Phenotype

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What type of allele is expressed even in the presence of a recessive allele?

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Dominant allele

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What tool is used to predict the likelihood of offspring displaying a particular trait?

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Punnett Square

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What form of alleles does a hybrid organism have?

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Heterozygous

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What is the term for different forms of a gene?

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Alleles

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

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Genotype

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What is the term for an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is the term for an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?

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Heterozygous

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What is the expected ratio of phenotypes in a monohybrid cross?

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3:1