Heredity

What is NOT an inherited trait of humans?

• Favorite type of music
• Freckles
• Hair color
• Height

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

Chromosomes are found in the ____________ of the cell

• Chloroplast
• Nucleus
• Cytoplasm
• Mitochondria

What is a gene?

• An entire chromosome that  codes for a trait
• a piece of clothing
• a piece of a DNA on chromosome that codes for a trait
• Chemical messengers in your brain that code for a trait

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