Genetics Vocabulary Review

Which of the following is an example of a phenotype?

• hh
• Red Hair
• Hh
• DNA

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele
• dominant allele
• recessive allele
• present allele

The passing of genetic traits from parent to offspring is called ______.

• Heredity
• Genes
• Phenotype
• Allele

_______ carry the information that determines your traits such as eye color. 

• phenotype
• genotype
• genes
• dominant

_____ is the two letter genetic code that determines an organism's traits. 

• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Heredity
• Pistil 

If W = black fur and w = white fur. The white fur would be an example of a(n)

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

Allele

• Fertilized egg

• One of a number of different forms of a gene

• Having two identical alleles for a particular gene

• Sex cell

Gamete

• Sex cell

• Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes.

• Fertilized egg

• One of a number of different forms of a gene

Genotype

• Having two identical alleles for a particular gene

• Genetic makeup of an organism.

• Situation in which the phenotypes produced by both alleles are completely expressed.

• Term used to refer to a cell that contains only a single set of chromosomes.

Heterozygous

• Having two identical alleles for a particular gene

• Physical characteristics of an organism.

• Having two different alleles for a particular gene.

• Genetic makeup of an organism.