Genetics

When an organism has two alleles that are the SAME for a trait

• heterozygous
• homozygous
• hybrid
• recessive

The genetic makeup of an organism

• Punnett Square
• DNA
• Phenotype
• Genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

When an organism has two alleles that are DIFFERENT for a trait

• heterozygous
• Hybrid
• Pheotype
• DNA

The outward physical appearance and behavior of an organism as a result of its genotype

• Dominant
• Phenotype
• Recessive
• Punnett Square

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

The genetic material of all organisms; made up of two twisted strands

• Recessive
• Punnett Square
• Dominant
• DNA

The trait that covers up or dominates another form of the trait

• recessive
• dominant
• strong
• weak

Tool used to predict the probability of certain traits in offspring that shows the ways the alleles can combine

• recessive
• Punnett Square
• genotype
• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The trait that is covered over by another form of the trait; it seems to disappear

• dominant
• recessive
• weak
• strong

The different forms of a gene are called
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• traits
• Kelly and Wilder
• allele
• Chromosomes

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A feature regulated by a set of genes (allele) passed on

from parents to offspring. Also called inherited traits.

• Heterozygous

• Mendel

• Chromosome

• Traits