Genetics Vocab Quiz

BLENDING!!!! type of dominance that occurs when the phenotype of the heterozygous is distinct from and often intermediate to the phenotypes of the homozygous phenotypes. EX: White and Red make Pink:

• sex-linked trait

• simple dominance

• incomplete dominance

• codominance

Female chromosome

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Male chromosome

The two alleles inherited for a particular gene; the genetic makeup of a trait; the genes ​ (a)  

• genotype
• phenotype
• codominance
• linked inheritance
• carrier

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Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome (a)  

• autosome
• sex chromosome
• polygenic traits
• karyotype
• pedigree

Both alleles are expressed at the same time (spotted flowers and blood type)

Heterozygous for a recessive genetic disorder:

Three or more alternative forms or versions of a gene:

• polygenic

• incomplete dominance

• multiple alleles

• codominance

A chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait, mostly disorders:

• pedigree

• karyotype

• dihybrid cross

• monohybrid cross

an individual's observable traits, such as height, eye color, and blood type; "Physical" traits are called its ​ (a)  

• phenotype
• genotype
• karyotype
• linked inheritance

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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