Genetics and Punnett Squares Practice

The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of genes. 

• Genetics
• Heredity
• Genes
• Traits

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The passing of traits from parent to offspring. 

• Heredity
• Traits
• Genetics
• Genes

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Physical characteristics that are passed down from parents to offspring during sexual reproduction. 

• Phenotype
• Traits
• Genes
• Heredity

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Material that carries all the information about how a living thing will function.

• DNA
• Genes
• Traits
• Heredity

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Structures found in the nucleus of a cell that contain DNA. 

• Genes
• Chromosomes
• Allele
• Traits

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A segment of DNA found on a chromosome that determines the inheritance of a particular trait. 

• Genes
• Genetics
• Heredity
• Traits

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One gene from a pair, the different forms or versions of a trait that a gene may have.

• Allele
• Gene
• Genotype
• Phenotype

What is a GENOTYPE?

• the genetic make-up of an organism

• the physical trait of an organism

• mitosis

• meiosis

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PHENOTYPE is

• the genetic make-up of an organism

• the physical trait of an organism

• nucleic acid

• Aa

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Which of the following are PHENOTYPES? Select all that apply.

• green skin

• Aa

• homozygous recessive

• purple eyes

• black fur

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