Genetics Review

Tightly wound DNA found in the nucleus of the cell.

• allele

• gene

• chromosome

• nucleotide

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A segment of DNA that codes for a specific traits.

• allele

• gene

• DNA

• chromosome

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Different forms of a gene

• allele

• nucleotide

• gene

• DNA

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An organism with two dominant or two recessive alleles

• homozygous

• heterozygous

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An organism with one dominant and one recessive allele

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

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The genetic make-up of an organism

• genotype

• phenotype

• heterozygous

• homozygous

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An organism with the alleles Tt, where tall is dominant and short is recessive can be described as...

• homozygous dominant

• homozygous recessive

• heterozygous dominant

• heterozygous recessive

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If a trait follows a complete dominance pattern of inheritance, an organism that is heterozygous will always...

• show the recessive trait

• show the dominant trait

• have a blend of both traits

• have a spotted or striped pattern of both traits

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A tool used to determine the potential offspring when two organisms mate

• Mendel Matrix

• Probability Square

• Punnett Square

• Genetic Chart

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• genetics

• inheritance

• heredity

• genetic engineering

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