Genetics Vocab Quiz

The passing down of traits from parents to their children is called

• Genes

• Heredity

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

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A feature of a species that is determined by genes is called a(n)

• characteristic

• dominant trait

• inheritance

• recessive trait

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A specific characteristic of an individual is called a(n)

• allele

• characteristic

• gene

• trait

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A unit of DNA that controls the development of one or more traits is called a(n)

• allele

• dominant trait

• gene

• recessive trait

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A version of a gene is called a(n)

• allele

• characteristic

• specific gene

• trait

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A trait that is expressed if one copy of the allele is present is a(n)

• characteristic

• dominant trait

• gene

• recessive trait

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A trait that is expressed only when two copies of the allele are present is a(n).

• characteristic

• dominant trait

• gene

• recessive trait

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An organism’s genetic makeup; the pair of alleles for a trait is called a(n)

• dominant trait

• genotype

• phenotype

• recessive trait

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An organism’s physical expression of a trait is called a(n)

• dominant trait

• genotype

• phenotype

• recessive trait

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What is it called when both alleles in a genotype are the same?

• Dominance

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Recessiveness

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