Genetics Vocabulary

Who is Gregor Mendel?

• Discovered the shape of DNA.

• The father of genetics; experimented with pea plants.

• Discovered that DNA is the transformation factor using bacteriophages

Which of the following is the study of heredity?

• mitosis

• homeostatsis

• genetics

• adhesion

Which of the following is the term that means, a particular inherited characteristic?

• allele

• gene

• punnett square

• trait

Which of the following are offspring of crosses between parents with different traits.

• hybrid

• pure pred

• homozygous

• genotype

Which of the following is a segment of nucleotides in DNA that code for a protein which in turn determines a trait?

• hybrid

• gene

• trait

• chromosome

Which of the following is an alternative form of a gene; "A" or "a".

• trait

• geneotype

• allele

• hybrid

Which of the following is a form of an allele that is always expressed?

• phenotype

• dominant

• recessive

• genotype

Which of the following is a form of an allele that is not express in a heterozygous individual?

• gene

• dominant

• phenotype

• recessive

Which of the following is the likelihood that a particular event will occur?

• genetics

• probability

• phenotype

• homozygous

Which is having two identical alleles for a gene? (AA or aa)

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• homeostasis