Genetic Vocab

A gene is a...

• part of the DNA that doesn't make a protein

• denim you wear on your legs

• section of DNA that codes for a protein

• ability to see a trait

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Different forms of a single gene

• allele

• multiple genes

• genenis differentis

• trait

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The study of biological inheritance is...

• mitosis

• genetics

• cellular respiration

• biology

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The offspring/children of parents with different characteristics

• babies that have no hair

• purebreed

• mutant

• hybrid

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A trait is...

• the desired characteristic

• a specific characteristic

• a mutation

• all characteristics of an organism

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Dominant allele is...

• a shy trait that disappears

• the allele that over takes another allele

• an aggressive trait that kills all other

• an allele that is covered by another allele

Recessive allele is...

• a shy trait that disappears

• the allele that over takes another allele

• an aggressive trait that kills all other

• an allele that is covered by another allele

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Segregation is the same as....

• the way to tell apart twins

• distinct difference

• coming together

• seperation

The likelihood that a trait will occur is called

• probability

• a carrier

• taking a gamble

• heredity

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Homozygous is

• multiple alleles in a gene

• two different alleles in the same gene

• one allele that is always alone

• two identical alleles in the same gene