Genetics Vocabulary

An Organism's physical appearance is its

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Chromosome
• Allele

You have two alleles on each gene.  Where do you alleles come from?

• From the grandparent you most resemble
• Your parents
• Your siblings
• You make them by yourself

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Genotype is 

• The number of Chromosomes
• Physical apperance determined by the alleles
• Number genes
• The particular alleles or letter combination

Meiosis is 

• The particular alleles or letter combination
• a form of cell division that results in 4 different daughter cells
• a form of cell division that results in 2 identical daughter cells
• just like mitosis

Select the answer that shows only Genotypes

• Gg, Green
• DD, Ff
• Tall, Blue
• Ss, Square

Select the answer that shows only Phenotypes.

• Gg, Green
• DD, Ff
• Tall, Blue
• Ss, Square

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What is a trait?

• Everyone has the same trait

• Different characteristics

• Different forms of a characteristic

• Traits are found in DNA

What is a recessive trait?

• a trait that hides in the background

• 2 of the same alleles

• a trait that overshadows another

• 2 different alleles

Which of these is an example of a homozygous genotype?

• dDd

• dD

• Dd

• DD

What is a heterozygous genotype?

• Both of the alleles are uppercase

• Both of the alleles are lowercase

• One allele is uppercase one allele is lowercase

• None of the above