Unit 5 vocab review

The different forms of a gene

• heredity
• genetics
• gene
• alleles

This trait is hidden whenever the dominant allele is present

• dominant allele
• codominance
• recessive allele
• Punnett Square

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

• dominant allele
• codominance
• probability
• Punnett Square

An organism's physical appearance or visible traits

• fertilization
• genotype
• phenotype
• homozygous

An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination

• fertilization
• genotype
• phenotype
• heterozygous

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

• fertilization
• genotype
• homozygous
• heterozygous

An organism that has two identical alleles for a trait (purebred)

• genotype
• phenotype
• homozygous
• heterozygous

In a dihybrid cross, how many boxes does the punnet square need to have?

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 16

If a pea plant were homozygous recessive for height, how would its alleles be represented?

• TT
• Tt
• tt
• tT

A __________ is a segment of DNA that codes for a particular protein, which leads to a particular trait.

• Gene
• Allele
• Codon
• Nucleotide

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