Genes/Punnets Vocabulary

What is the definition of Heredity?

• the persons genes
• the genes 2 people have
• genetics passed from the  parent to the offspring.
• the division of sex cells and body cells

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What is the definition of Phenotype? (Be SPECIFIC!)

• chracateristics that don't show
• an organisms characteristics
• characteristics that are observable
• characteristics that aren't observable

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What is the definition of Homozygous?

• when an organism has 2 identical traits. 
• an organisms genes
• characterisitcs passed on from the parent to the offspring.
• different types of letters

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What is the definition of homozygous dominant?

• when an organism has 2 identical cells
• two dominant alleles
• two recessive alleles
• the relationship between alleles of one gene

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What is the definition of homozygous recessive?

• two recessive alleles
• two dominant alleles
• two capital letters
• a lower-case and upper-case letter

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What is the definition of Heterozygous?

• trait that shows
• two recessive alleles
• two dominant alleles
• an organism with 2 different alleles

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What is the definition of a Dominant trait?

• the alternative forms of genes
• trait that is there, but might not show
• trait that doesn't show
• trait that always shows

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What is the definition of a recessive trait?

• trait that shows
• trait that doesn't show
• trait that is there, but might show
• the alternative forms of genes

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What is the definition of allele?

• trait that is there, but might not show
• the alternative forms of genes
• the observable chracerisitcs of an organism
• the non observable characteristics of an organism

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What do 2 capital letters mean?

• Allele
• Heterozygous
• Recessive
• Dominant

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