Genetics vocabulary

Different versions of a gene are called..

• Genomes

• Alanons

• Alleles

• Homologous chromosomes

the science that studies how traits are inherited through the interactions of alleles

• heredity

• genetics

• biology

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the genetic make-up; the actual gene pair

• genotype

• phenotype

the physical or visible appearance of an organism; a trait we can see

• genotype

• phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

A chart used to show all the ways genes from two parents can combine and be passed to offspring is a

• Pie chart

• Line graph

• Bar graph

• Punnett Square

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A term that describes the allele that determines the phenotype of an individual when two different copies are present in the genotype

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• probability

An organism that inherits two of the same alleles from its parents

• dominant

• phenotype

• heterozygous

• homozygous

The likelihood or chance that a specific outcome will occur out of a total number of outcomes

• heredity

• probability

• percentage

• ratio

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NGSS.HS-LS3-3

The passing of genes from parents to offspring

• Punnett Square

• probability

• genetics

• heredity

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• phenotype

• genotype

• probability

• trait