Heredity

What is genetics?

• The study of DNA nucleotides
• The study of heredity
• The study of a cell dividing into 2
• The study of eye color

The passing of DNA from parents to offspring

• Generation
• Heredity
• Inheritance
• Traits

After Mendel died scientists began to recognize the importance of his ideas. They called him a name. What was that name?

• Father of genes
• Father of heredity
• Father of genetics
• Father of traits

Segments of DNA are called _______________________

• Genes
• Nuclei
• genotypes
• Chromosomes

What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

What is a dominant allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)
• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)
• Alleles that are the same
• Alleles that are different

The physical traits of an organism

• Teletype
• Genotype
• Mesotype
• Phenotype

The genes of an organism

• Mesotype
• Phenotype
• Teletype
• Genotype

This means Same Gene

• Dominant
• Recessive
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous

Genes always appear in pairs. Your parents donate ________ allele for every trait.

• 1
• 2
• 23
• 46