VOCAB #5; Genetics and Heredity II

Offspring of two plants or animals with different forms of the same trait

• hybrid

• polygenic inheritance

• codominance

• incomplete dominance

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L.8.2C.1

A permanent change in the sequence of DNA, or the nucleotides, in a gene or a chromosome.

• eukaryotic cell

• prokaryotic cell

• ribosome

• mutation

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L.8.2A.1

An inheritance pattern in which multiple genes determine the phenotype of a trait.

• codominance

• polygenic inheritance

• incomplete dominance

• genetics

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L.8.2B.2

An inheritance pattern in which an offspring phenotype is a blend of the parents’ phenotypes.

• codominance

• polygenic inheritance

• incomplete dominance

• heredity

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L.8.2B.2

The deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material

• polygenic inheritance

• genetic engineering

• ethics

• selective breeding

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L.8.2C.1

A tool that traces a trait through a family

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

• pedigree

• hybrid

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L.8.2C.1

An inheritance pattern in which both alleles can be observed in a phenotype.

• adaptation

• variation

• codominance

• incomplete dominance

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L.8.2B.2

A set of moral obligations that define right and wrong in our practices and decisions

• polygenic inheritance

• pedigree

• selective breeding

• ethics

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L.8.2C.1

The selection and breeding of organisms for desired traits

• selective breeding

• genetic engineering

• pedigree

• hybrid

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L.8.2C.1

How a trait appears or is expressed.

• phenotype

• genotype

• heterozygous

• homozygous

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L.8.2A.3