Gregor Mendel & Traits

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What explains why a child may look like his father but not be able to play basketball as well?

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Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.

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What are dominant alleles represented by?

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Capital letters.

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What are the different forms of a gene called?

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Alleles.

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If something is heterozygous, what is it also known as?

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Hybrid.

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Is tongue rolling inherited or acquired?

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Inherited.

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What is the term for the physical expression of a trait?

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Phenotype.

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What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

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Genotype.

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

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Recessive trait.

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What is the process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring?

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Inheritance.

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What is a purebred organism?

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An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait.