Genetics Vocab

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

• chromosome
• nucleus
• code
• gene

Different forms of a gene.

• Allele
• Trait 
• Gene
• Aquired Trait

Trait that ALWAYS shows up in an offspring.

• Recessive allele
• Dominant allele
• gene
• Heterozygous

Trait that is passed down from parent to offspring through DNA ( Born with it) .

• Recessive allele
• Inherited Trait 
• Aquired Trait
• Learned Trait

Two differnt alleles for a trait.

• Heterozygous
• Homozygous
• Dominant allele
• Recessive allele

Two of the same alleles for a trait

• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Allele
• Gene

Trait that is masked or covered up.

• Ressesive 
• Dominant 
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

A person's Phenotype is the ___________.

• set of genes 
• passing of traits 
• physical expression of the gene 
• allele represented by a capital letter

Who discovered Genetics and how?

• Mendel, experimenting on pea plants
• Mandel, experimenting on rats 
• Maron, experimenting on cats
• Mendila, observing humans

An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations.

• Phenotype

• Hybrid

• Genotype

• Punnett Square