Genetic Vocabulary

Different forms of a gene:

• traits

• genotype

• phenotype

• alleles

How a trait appears:

• genotype

• gene

• phenotype

• allele

Black(B) color in rabbits is dominant. Chocolate (b) is recessive. Which of the following genotypes represents a heterozygous black rabbit?

• bb

• Bb

• BB

Both alleles are the same:

• heterozygous

• gene

• homozygous

• phenotype

Black(B) color in rabbits is dominant. Chocolate (b) is recessive. What is the phenotype of a bb rabbit?

• bb

• chocolate

• Bb

• black

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When two alleles of a gene are different we say they are:

• heterozygous

• genotypical

• wrong

• homozygous

The section or part of a chromosome that contains the genetic information:

• allele

• gene

• recessive

• phenotype

Two alleles that control physical appearance:

• gene

• phenotype

• genotype

• Punnet Square

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Black(B) color in rabbits is dominant. Chocolate (b) is recessive. Is it possible to cross two chocolate rabbits and get black kits?

• yes

• no

Black(B) color in rabbits is dominant. Chocolate (b) is recessive. Which of the following represents a cross between a chocolate rabbit and a homozygous black rabbit?

• bb X bb

• bb x Bb

• bb X BB

• BB X Bb