Heredity Terms

Where is the genetic information stored in dogs?

• Only in the skin cells

• Only in the reproductive cells

• In its environment

• In all of its cells

• Only in blood cells

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The likelihood that a specific event will occur:

• accountability

• dominant

• probability

• recessive

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When the two alleles of a particular gene are different:

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• genotype

• phenotype

The set of alleles that an individual has:

• heterozygous

• phenotype

• homozygous

• genotype

When the two alleles of a particular gene are the same:

• homozygous

• genotype

• heterozygous

• phenotype

Known as the father of modern genetics:

• Watson

• Crick

• Darwin

• Mendel

Dominant alleles are represented with a:

• capital letter

• lower case letter

• shape

• symbol

A detectable trait or traits that result from the genotype such as color, shape, etc:

• genotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• phenotype

The passing of genetic traits from parents to offspring:

• geneology

• heredity

• cellology

• physiology

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What is a segment of DNA found on a chromosome; determines the inheritance of a particular trait?

• Gene

• Allele

• Heredity

• DNA

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