DMS 7th Genetic Vocab

A physical characteristic controlled by genes.

• alleles

• DNA

• trait

• chromosome

A gene pair like GG or nn

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• dominant

• recessive

A code found in your cells that contains all your genetic information.

• gene

• trait

• DNA

• chromosome

If you have one dominant allele and one recessive allele, this is the one you will see.

• alleles

• dominant

• homozygous

• recessive

When DNA in your cell coils up, it forms one of these.

• gene

• trait

• DNA

• chromosome

This type of gene pair is ALWAYS dominant.

• homozygous

• sexual

• phenotype

• heterozygous

If you have one brown allele (B) and one blonde allele (b), your ____________ will be brown.

• genotype

• phenotype

• hair

• offspring

If you have one brown allele (B) and one blonde allele (b), your ________________ will be Bb.

• genotype

• phenotype

• hair

• offspring

___________________ selection is another way to say selective breeding.

• genetic

• breeding

• diverse

• artificial

This type of reproduction results in organisms with the exact same (identical) traits

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• asexual

• sexual