Genetics and Heredity

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What kind of information does DNA carry?

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Genetic information.

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Blue eyes are considered to be ______________________ compared to brown eyes.

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Recessive.

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Heterozygous is when...

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The alleles are different.

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The TRAITS of an organism that are passed to offspring on small coded BANDS of DNA material are called

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Genes.

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Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of

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DNA.

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What is the basic unit of heredity in living organisms?

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Gene.

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What are alleles?

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Different forms of a gene.

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What is the difference between dominant and recessive traits?

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Dominant traits are expressed when at least one dominant allele is present; recessive traits are expressed only when two recessive alleles are present.

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What is a genotype?

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The genetic makeup of an organism.

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What is a phenotype?

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The physical expression of a genotype.