Genetics Review

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How many alleles does an offspring inherit from each parent for every trait?

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1

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When an offspring has the recessive form of a trait, what does that mean about the parents?

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One parent has 2 recessive alleles and the other parent has 1 dominant and 1 recessive allele.

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Who is known as the Father of Genetics?

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Gregor Mendel

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What is the study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring?

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Genetics

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Having 2 of the same type of allele is also called __________.

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Purebred

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What is an allele?

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An allele is a variant form of a gene that can produce different traits.

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What does homozygous mean?

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Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.

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What does heterozygous mean?

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Having two different alleles for a particular gene.

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What is a dominant allele?

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An allele that expresses its trait even in the presence of a recessive allele.

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What is a recessive allele?

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An allele that only expresses its trait when two copies are present.