Genetics: Traits and Inheritance and FUN

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What is the genotype for a heterozygous organism?

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Rr

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What is the physical appearance of an organism's traits called?

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Phenotype

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What is the term for an organism with two identical alleles for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is the term for an organism with two different alleles for a trait?

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Heterozygous

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What is the basic unit of heredity in living organisms?

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Gene

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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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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

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Genotype

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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 Punnett square used for?

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To predict the genotypes of offspring from a genetic cross.