Heredity and Genetic Traits

Front

Which piece of genetic information looks like a long twisted/coiled ladder?

Back

DNA

Front

What does a genotype tell you?

Back

A genotype tells you what alleles you received from your parents.

Front

Which genotype has brown eyes as dominant?

Back

Both parents have brown eyes.

Front

Which is NOT an example of a phenotype?

Back

scars on your skin

Front

Which of the following traits is encoded in your DNA? Your personality, Your likes and dislikes, Your intelligence, Your eye color

Back

Your eye color

Front

Which of the following statements is true?

• Your set of DNA is the same as your siblings'
• Your set of DNA is the same as your mother's
• Your set of DNA is the same as your father's
• Your set of DNA is unique to you

Back

Your set of DNA is unique to you

Front

One trait that is ALWAYS present and causes the other traits to disappear is a ________________________

Back

dominant trait

Front

_____________________ is the physical appearance of an organism (how it looks)

Back

phenotype

Front

When the two alleles of a gene are different, which eye color will be expressed?

Back

Dominant

Front

The two alleles that control the phenotype

Back

genotype