Heredity

Genotype refers to the ...

• physical expression of the genes
• the possible combination of alleles in a gene
• whether an allele is dominant or recessive
• how an organism will appear

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous
• hetrozygous
• protein
• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein
• homozygous
• heterozygous
• genotype

G = green, g = yellow
The genotype for a yellow plant is...

• GG
• Gg
• gg
• all of the choices result in yellow

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Term for an organism that display two dominant phenotypes at the same time

• codominance
• incomplete dominance
• multiple alleles
• linked genes

Incomplete dominance means that the traits are

• expressed equally
• dominant
• recessive
• blended

Which of the following is homozygous dominant?

• Yy
• Y
• yy
• YY

An offspring will receive how many alleles from each parent to determine a specific trait?

• one
• two
• three
• five

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

If Mom is type A, and Dad is type AB, can their kid be type o?

• Yes

• No

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

True or False: You can be blood type AB because A and B are co-dominant

• true

• false