Genetics and Heredity

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What is the term for having two of the same genes for a trait?

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Homozygous

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What is one form of a gene called?

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An allele

Front

Are recessive traits represented by capital or lowercase letters?

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Lowercase

Front

Where are chromosomes found in the cell?

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Nucleus

Front

Which of the following is homozygous recessive: QQ, Qq, or qq?

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qq

Front

What is the term for different forms of a gene?

Back

Alleles

Front

What is the observable expression of a trait called?

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Phenotype

Front

What is the genetic makeup of an organism called?

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Genotype

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What is the term for a trait that is masked by a dominant trait?

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Recessive trait

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What do we call the physical location of a gene on a chromosome?

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Locus