Intro to Genetic Terminology

Who is the father of genetics?

• Francis Crick

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• James Watson

What did Gregor Mendel study to understand genetics and heredity?

• Fruit Flies

• Humans

• Peas

• Zucchini

The study of passing traits from parents to offspring is called

• evolution.

• heredity.

• physics.

• virology.

Each trait has two different forms called

• alleles.

• offspring.

• dominance.

• zygotes.

Which represent a heterozygous genotype?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

A genotype is the

• letters that represent the alleles.

• what we see in the trait.

• the physical expression.

Which is an example of a dominant allele?

• Q

• q

Which is an example of a phenotype?

• Brown eyes

• BB

Which is an example of a genotype?

• Tt

• Tall

What term refers to the physical expression of a trait?

• genotype

• phenotype