Genetics Vocabulary Practice Quiz

Combination of genes in an organism

• phenotype

• allele

• genotype

• traits

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Observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment

• genotype

• allele

• traits

• phenotype

Observed trait of an organism that masks the recessive form of a trait

• recessive trait

• dominant trait

• sex-linked

• traits

A trait that is masked by other inherited traits, yet persists in a population among heterozygous genotypes

• recessive trait

• dominant trait

• sex-linked

• traits

Different versions of the same gene that arise through mutation

• mutation

• traits

• alleles

• genes

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A gene coded on a sex chromosome (X/Y)

• allele

• gene

• sex-linked trait

• recessive trait

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Passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring

• genetics

• hybrid

• inheritance

• heredity

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Branch of biology that studies heredity

• heredity

• genetics

• traits

• biology

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When there are two different alleles for a trait (hybrid)

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• hybrid

• codominant

When there are two identical alleles for a trait (purebred)

• hybrid

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• codominant