Virtual academy quiz heredity

The science of heredity

• heredity
• genetics
• trait
• gene

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring

• heredity
• genetics
• trait
• alleles

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Characteristics can also be called

• heredity
• traits
• gene 
• alleles

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The different forms of a gene

• heredity
• genetics
• gene
• alleles

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A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• Punnett Square

When alleles are neither dominant nor recessive (As a result, both alleles are expressed in the offspring.).

• codominance
• probability
• recessive allele
• Punnett Square

An organism's physical appearance or visible traits

• fertilization
• genotype
• phenotype
• homozygous

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An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination

• fertilization
• genotype
• phenotype
• heterozygous

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A new organism begins to form when egg and sperm join in a process called

• fertilization
• phenotype
• homozygous
• heterozygous

Segments of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) found in chromosomes that give instructions for producing a certain characteristic.

• heredity

• gene

• allele

• genotype

• phenotype

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