Heredity Vocab

Heredity is ...

• the odds of an event occuring

• how similar children are to their parents

• Passing of genetic information from parent to offspring

The physical appearance of a trait is the ...

• genetics

• phenotype

• genotype

Having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes is ...

• better

• homozygous

• heterozygous

The genetic makeup of an organism is the ...

• genotype

• phenotype

• organs

Having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes is ...

• special

• homozygous

• heterozygous

Different forms of a gene such as blue, brown or green eyes are ...

• alleles

• genotypes

• recessive

They are represented with a capital letter and only need one copy to exhibit the trait ...

• phenotype

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

They are represented with a lower-case letter and require two copies to exhibit the trait ...

• phenotype

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

One allele is not completely dominant over another and heterozygous offspring show a blend of the two traits ...

• incomplete dominance

• codominance

• mutation

Neither allele can mask the expression of the other allele, heterozygous offspring express both traits clearly...

• incomplete dominance

• codominance

• mutation