Genetic terms review

Which option is an example of incomplete dominance?

• wrinkled peas

• AB blood type

• pink camilla flowers

• a white cow with brown spots

Which term describes an organism’s genetic material?

• DNA

• Pedigree

• Aminio Acid

• blood cell

polygenic inheritance

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• occurs when multiple genes make up the phenotype of a trait

• offspring of parents with different forms of the same trait

• section of a chromosome with genetic information for one trait

• phenotypes of genetically related family members

mutation

• change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

• having two different alleles of a gene

• having two of the same allele for a gene

• process of making protein from RNA

• process of making RNA from DNA

heredity

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• occurs when multiple genes make up the phenotype of a trait

• offspring of parents with different forms of the same trait

• section of a chromosome with genetic information for one trait

• phenotypes of genetically related family members

hybrids

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• occurs when multiple genes make up the phenotype of a trait

• offspring of parents with different forms of the same trait

• section of a chromosome with genetic information for one trait

• phenotypes of genetically related family members

gene

• the passing of traits from parents to offspring

• occurs when multiple genes make up the phenotype of a trait

• offspring of parents with different forms of the same trait

• section of a chromosome with genetic information for one trait

• phenotypes of genetically related family members

heterozygous

• change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

• having two different alleles of a gene

• having two of the same allele for a gene

• process of making protein from RNA

• process of making RNA from DNA

homozygous

• change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

• having two different alleles of a gene

• having two of the same allele for a gene

• process of making protein from RNA

• process of making RNA from DNA

transcription

• change in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

• having two different alleles of a gene

• having two of the same allele for a gene

• process of making protein from RNA

• process of making RNA from DNA