Heredity final

What is a gene?

• The basic unit of heredity.

• A physical feature in a cell.

• Two different alleles for one trait.

• The observable characteristics of an organism.

The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

• Generation
• Heredity
• Inheritance
• Traits

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What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

What is a dominant allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

The physical traits of an organism

• Teletype
• Genotype
• Mesotype
• Phenotype

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The genetic combination of an organism

• Mesotype

• Phenotype

• Teletype

• Genotype

This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

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This means Different Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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Genes always appear in pairs. Your parents donate ________ allele for every trait.

• 1
• 2
• 23
• 46

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____________________ are used to make predictions about the genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.

• Dominant Squares
• Punnett Grids
• Punnett Squares
• Recessive Squares

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