Genetics Vocab + Monohybrid

The study of heredity, or how characteristics of living things are passed down from one generation to the next

• genetics

• mitosis

• botany

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Small section of DNA that code for a single trait

• gene

• chromosome

• Karyotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Dominant alleles are shown with a...

• capital letter

• lower case letter

• any letter

Recessive alleles are shown with a...

• capital letter

• lower case letter

• any letter

Genetic code

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Physical traits

• Genotype

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is a homozygous dominant genotype?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• Purple flowers

Which of the following is a homozygous recessive genotype?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• Purple flowers

Which of the following is a heterozygous genotype?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• Purple flowers

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• Purple flowers