Mendelian/Non-Mendelian Vocabulary Quiz

one form or version of a gene

• allele

• genotype

• phenotype

• trait

the two alleles inherited for a particular gene; the genetic make up of a trait; the "genes"

• gene

• allele

• genotype

• phenotype

an individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color, and blood type; "Physical" traits

• phenotype

• genotype

• allele

• trait

the allele in a genotype that masks the contribution of a second allele at the same locus on a chromosome

• dominant

• recessive

• allele

• trait

the allele in a genotype that is frequently masked by a second allele at the same locus on a chromosome

• recessive

• dominant

• trait

• allele

description of a genotype of an individual who has two of the same allele, whether dominant or recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• dominant

• recessive

description of a genotype of an individual who has two different alleles, one dominant and the other recessive

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• dominant

• recessive

type of dominance that occurs when an inherited trait is coded for by a single gene and that gene has two versions, or alleles: the dominant version and the recessive version, where the dominant version masks the recessive version

• complete dominance

• incomplete dominance

• codominance

• multiple alleles

type of dominance that occurs when the phenotype of the heterozygous phenotype is distinct from and often intermediate to the phenotypes of the homozygous phenotypes

• incomplete dominance

• codominance

• complete dominance

• multiple alleles

type of dominance that occurs when the contributions of both alleles are visible in the phenotype

• codominance

• incomplete dominance

• complete dominance

• multiple alleles