Unit 4 Heredity

What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

What is a dominant allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

The physical traits of an organism

• Teletype
• Genotype
• Mesotype
• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Genes always appear in pairs. Your parents donate ________ allele for every trait.

• 1
• 2
• 23
• 46

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This means Different Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is Bb?

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Recessive
• Alleles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What are the two genotypes that show the DOMINANT Phenotype

• GG, gg
• GG, Gg
• Gg, gg

_{How many are tall?}

• 0
• 1
• 2
• 4

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

Heredity is the passing of traits from _____________________ to _____________________

• predators to prey
• water to rain
• parents to offspring
• fungi to protists

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2