Lesson 1:inheritance (part 1)

The passing of traits from parents to offspring is called

• heredity

• genetics

• alleles

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Genetically determined characteristics can also be called

• heredity

• traits

• gene

The different forms of a gene (example purple flowers or white flowers) are called the

• heredity

• genetics

• gene

• alleles

These are sections of a chromosome that carry the genetic information for a trait.

• genetics

• trait

• gene

• alleles

This is the trait that blocks the other other trait.

• dominant trait

• recessive trait

This trait is hidden or blocked whenever the dominant allele is present

• Recessive trait

• Dominant Alleles

A chart that shows all the possible combinations of alleles that can result from a genetic cross

• Punnett Square

• Pedigree

• Genotype chart

An organism's physical appearance or visible traits - this is how a trait appears or is expressed

• punnett square

• genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination. In other words this is the two alleles that control an organisms phenotype.

• Gene

• genotype

• phenotype

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

An organism that has two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)

• dominant trait

• genotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous