Chapter 9 Heredity Test

- a characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring.

• gene

• allele

• trait

• heredity

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- a set of traits an organism receives from its parents.

• genes

• alleles

• heredity

• DNA

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- the study of heredity.

• homozygous

• hereditics

• heterozygous

• genetics

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- a plant that will always produce offspring with the same form of a trait when it self-pollinates is called a

- when the pollen from one plant is used to fertilize another plant is called

- a unit that determines traits.

• allele

• gene

• Dominant allele

• Recessive allele

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- different forms of a gene are called

• alleles

• genes

• traits

• DNA

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- the form of a gene that, when present, covers up the appearance of the recessive allele.

• Recessive allele

• Dominant allele

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

- the form of a gene that is hidden when the dominant allele is present.

• Recessive allele

• Dominant allele

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

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- the form of a trait that an organism displays.

• Recessive allele

• Dominant allele

• phenotype

• genotype