Genetics Vocab

the children or young, such as babies or puppies, that are the result of reproduction

• offspring
• parents
• genes
• code

characteristics, such as facial features, eye color, hair color, skin color, or height

• traits
• genes
• codes
• offspring

section of the DNA molecule that controls and determines the traits of an organism

• chromosome
• nucleus
• code
• gene

The passing on of traits from parent to offspring is known as...

• phenotype

• recessive

• dominant

• heredity

The study of heredity is known as...

• genetics

• biology

• alleles

• phenotypes

Geneticists can use this to predict the possible genotypes of offspring

• Punnett Square

• Punnett Circle

• Gendelian chart

• microscope diagram

The name for an organism that has two of the same alleles for a trait (ex. TT or tt) is ...

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

Traits that can mask others and are represented by a capital letter are know as what kind of trait?

• recessive

• dominant

Traits that are masked by others are known as...

• recessive traits

• dominant traits

What refers to the alleles from each parent which control a trait, for example Tt, TT, or tt?

• phenotype

• genotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous