Genetics Vocabulary

What is a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells?

• Fragmentation

• Budding

• Binary fission

What is a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes?

• Alleles

• Genes

• Trait

What is an organism's physical appearance, or visible traits?

• Genotype

• Acquired trait

• Phenotype

• Inherited trait

What is a means of asexual reproduction whereby a single parent breaks into parts that regenerate into whole new individuals.

• Fragmentation

• Budding

• Binary fission

What is an organism that has two identical alleles for a trait?

• Genes

• Heterozygous

• Homozygous

• Inherited trait

What are DNA segments that serve as the key functional units in hereditary transmission?

• Genes

• Alleles

• Trait

• Phenotype

What is an allele whose trait always shows up in the organism when the allele is present?

• Recessive

• Dominant

• Genotype

• Phenotype

What is different forms of a gene?

• Alleles

• Trait

• Genes

• DNA

What is an organism that has two different alleles for a trait?

• Heterozygous

• Trait

• Alleles

• Homozygous

What is an organism's genetic makeup, or allele combinations?

• Genotype

• Inherited trait

• Phenotype

• Trait