Genetic Heredity Vocabulary

This trait is represented by a capital letter and always shows up in an organism when the allele is present

• Dominant allele

• Recessive allele

• Genotype

• Phenotype

What does Dominant mean?

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different

• a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of another factor

•  a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

What does Heterozygous mean?

• describes a mating experiment between two organisms that are identically hybrid for two traits

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different

• a different form of a gene

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same

What is a Gene?

• describes a mating experiment between two organisms that are identically hybrid for two traits

• a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

• a model that is used to show the probability of all possible genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.

• a section of DNA on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait

How do you spell the full name for DNA?

• deoxiribonewclaic acid

• dioxyribonuclaic acid

• deoxyribonucleic acid

• deeoxirybonucleic acid

What is an Allele?

• a different form of a gene

• a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different

• a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of another factor

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What does Homozygous mean?

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different

• a different form of a gene

• a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of a dominant factor

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same

What does Recessive mean?

• a genetic factor that is blocked by the presence of another factor

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are different

• describes a mating experiment between two organisms that are identically hybrid for two traits

• a genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor

What is DNA? Click all that apply

• the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic

• describes a mating experiment between two organisms that are identically hybrid for two traits

• a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene are the same

• an organism’s genetic material

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

How do you spell the word DNA is abbreviated for?