Genetics Test Review

Egg in females, and sperm in males. Carry the genetic code from parent to offspring

• Allele

• Gametes

• Heterozygous

Tightly compact DNA formation that occurs during cell division

• Chromosomes

• Codominances

• Fertilization

Two chromosomes, one inherited from mother and one from the father

• Gametes

• Homologous Chromosomes

• Incomplete Dominance

The DNA from the egg and sperm combine to make a new combination of DNA

• Codominance

• Fertilization

• Gene

Distinguishing characteristics that are inherited such as height

• Heterozygous

• Purebreed

• Traits

genetically uniform breeds of an organism such as a poodle

• Karyotype

• Pedigree

• Purebreed

a piece of DNA that provides a set of instructions to a cell to make a certain protein

• Fertilization

• Gene

• Heterozygous

any alternative forms of a gene

• allele

• codominance

• cross (in genetics)

Type different alleles (Hh)

• Genotype

• Heterzygous

• Homozygous

The genetic makeup of a specific set of genes (ex Gg or gg)

• Codominance

• Genotype

• Heterozygous