Chapter 5 Genetics

A characteristic of feature.

• dominant
• trait
• genes

A trait that overpowers or hides another.

• trait
• dominant
• chromosomes

These are made of DNA and carry the genes (humans have 46).

• genes
• trait
• chromosomes

A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

• trait
• gene
• chromosome

The study of heredity is called?

• botony
• genetics
• inheritology

Only people have genes.

• true
• false

The letters that show an organism's genetic makeup is called its?

• genotype
• phenotype
• pedigree

The physical appearance of an organism's is called its?

• genotype
• phenotype
• pedigree

In a Punnett square, a capital letter stands for a _______ gene.

• heterozygous
• recessive
• dominant

A gardner crossed red flowers with white flowers and produced pink flowers.  This is an example of ?

• incomplete dominance
• multiple alleles
• polygenic inheritance