Genetic Vocabulary

Heterozygous is when....

• the alleles are the same

• the alleles are missing

• the alleles are different

• the alleles are present

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype

• Homozygous

• Phenotype

• Heterozygous

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Which statement is true?

• Your DNA is identical to your siblings.

• Your DNA is identical to your mother's.

• You DNA is identical to your father's.

• Your DNA is unique to you.

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Which characteristic would most likely be inherited by a baby?

• brown hair

• ability to jump high

• crying a lot

• his ability to talk

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Which of the following best describes a DNA molecule?

• double helix

• single ladder

• made of amino acids

• has uracil

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If two alleles are the same for a certain trait, they are considered...

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

• Twins

• Common

Physical traits that are expressed are known as ...

• Mutation

• Genotype

• Personality

• Phenotype

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True or False: Mutations only harm chances of survival.

• True

• False

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The traits of an organism are passed to its offspring on small pieces of DNA. The small pieces of DNA are called....

• double helix

• genes

• heredity

• chromosome

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The allele that is "weaker". The offspring will not have the trait represented unless there are two of these alleles.

• recessive allele

• co-dominant allele

• dominant allele