Genetics: Definition of Terms

What allele overpowers the other?

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Homozygous

• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-3

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

What is the physical manifestation of the genotype?

• Dominant

• Recessive

• Genes

• Phenotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

What do we call the genotype that is made up of two recessive alleles?

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

How will you read this genotype, RR?

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

How will you read the genotype Ww?

• Homozygous Dominant

• Homozygous Recessive

• Heterozygous

What symbol are you going to use if the dominant trait is curly and the recessive is straight hair?

• C

• S

• H

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Following incomplete dominance, what will be the phenotype of a snapdragon flower with the genotype Rr if red flower color is incompletely dominant to white?

• Red

• Pink

• White