Genetics

This scientist conducted experiments with pea plants to study how genetics and heredity work. He is known as the “Father of Genetics”.

• John Dalton

• Albert Einstein

• Gregor Mendel

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Inherited Trait

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A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Inherited Trait

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The study of how heredity works.

• Heredity

• Genetics

• Inherited Trait

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The form of a trait that appears in the hybrid generation. (the trait that CAN be seen)

• Hybrid

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

The form of a trait that is hidden, or masked, in the hybrid generation. (the trait that CANNOT be seen)

• Hybrid

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

An organism produced by the crossing of parents that have 2 different forms of the same trait.

• Hybrid

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

_____________ are tables that are used to predict the outcome of crossing

different forms of a trait.

• Punnett Squares

• Ratio Tables

• Data Tables

• Science Squares

True or False: The phenotype is the letter combination of a trait.

• True

• False

Which of the following genotypes could represent a homozygous trait?

• AA

• Aa

• aa