Genetics Vocabulary

Front

Who is known as the 'Father of Genetics'?

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Gregor Mendel

Front

What do you call an organism with different alleles for a trait (Tt)?

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Heterozygous

Front

What are the different forms within a characteristic (e.g., blue eyes, brown eyes)?

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Trait

Front

What is the trait represented by a capital letter?

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Dominant

Front

What is a feature that has different forms in a population (e.g., seed color, eye color)?

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Characteristic

Front

What is the term for the genetic makeup of an organism?

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Genotype

Front

What is the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism?

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Phenotype

Front

What do you call the version of a gene that can be masked by a dominant allele?

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Recessive

Front

What is a segment of DNA that determines a specific trait?

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Gene

Front

What do you call the different forms of a gene?

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Alleles