Heredity Review

The different forms of a gene

• alleles

• atoms

• proteins

• phenotype

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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 (what it looks like)

• phenotype

• genotype

• genetics

• mutation

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An organism's genetic makeup, or allele combination. The letters we use to show the allele combination.

• Phenotype

• Genotype

• Genetics

• Mutation

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What is genetics?

• The study of DNA nucleotides

• The study of heredity

• The study of a cell dividing into 2

• The study of eye color

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Chromosomes are found in the _____ of the cell.

• Chloroplasts

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria

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What is a recessive allele?

• A trait that is always shown (capital letter)

• A trait that can be hidden (lower case letter)

• Alleles that are always the same

• Alleles that are different

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Every living thing has genetic information stored in the form of ______.

• Ribosomes

• DNA

• Nucleus

• RNA

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Traits that are passed from parents to offspring are always

• recessive

• inherited

• dominant

• heterozygous

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The genetic difference between individuals in the same species is

• interesting

• harmful

• genetics

• variation

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