Inherited Traits

Which best describes an inherited trait?

• a characteristic one chooses to express
• a characteristic one receives from the food one eats
• a characteristic that is passed on from one's parents
• a characteristic that is influenced by one's surroundings

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The definition of genes

• Hereditary traits passed from parents to offspring

• Traits you get from environment

• A person's child or children

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

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

What you see, or the physical appearance.

• Genotype
• Phenotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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You get your genes from:

• Department Store

• Parents

• Hospital

• Neighbor

Genotype is

• The genetic code for a specific trait.

• Alternative forms of the same gene.

• The physical appearance of a trait.

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Phenotype is

• The genetic code for a specific trait.

• Alternative forms of the same gene.

• The physical appearance of a trait.

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Allele is

• The genetic code for a specific trait.

• Alternative forms of the same gene.

• The physical appearance of a trait.

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In a certain species of plant, the color purple (P) is dominant to the color white (p).
According to the Punnett Square, what is the probability of an offspring being white?

• 25%
• 0%
• 100%
• 50%

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•Which is not an inherited trait?

• –. dimples

• –reading

• –freckles

• –brown eyes

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