Genetics and Heredity

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What is genetic engineering?

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The manipulation of genetic instructions to produce new characteristics.

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What trait did Magda most likely inherit?

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Height.

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Which of the following is an inherited trait?

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Eye shape.

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What best describes alleles?

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Alleles are the available forms of genes passed to offspring.

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Where is the genetic material for all living organisms located?

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In the chromosomes of each cell.

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What is heredity?

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

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What are genes?

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Segments of DNA that determine specific traits.

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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 expresses its trait only when two copies are present.

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What is a phenotype?

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The physical appearance or observable traits of an organism.