Traits, Genes, and Alleles

What is the study of heredity?

• biology

• botany

• genetics

• microbiology

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Fill in the missing information:

DNA --> RNA --> ??? --> Trait

• genes

• alleles

• protein

• heredity

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What is an alternative form of a gene?

• allele

• protein

• trait

• locus

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Alleles that are identical to each other are called ______________________.

• dominant

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• recessive

Alleles that are different from each other are called ________________________.

• dominant

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• recessive

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What is another term for homozygous?

• hybrid

• purebred

What is another term for heterozygous?

• hybrid

• purebred

genotype: TT

• heterozygous

• homozygous

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genotype: Dd

• heterozygous

• homozygous

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genotype: aa

• heterozygous

• homozygous

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