Heredity & Genetics Quiz

a characteristic that is inherited

• trait

• pedigree

• dominant allele

• hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a different form of a single gene that controls an inherited characteristic

• heterozygous

• purebred

• allele

• phenotype

the allele whose affect is hidden when paired with a dominant allele

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• Punnett square

• genotype

an organism that has two different alleles for a particular trait

• purebred

• codominance

• trait

• hybrid

having the presence of two different alleles for the same gene

• heterozygous

• homozygous

• genotype

• hybrid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

a record that shows a pattern of genetic inheritance in a family

• hybrid

• pedigree

• Punnett square

• phenotype

the condition in which both alleles of a gene are actively expressed and neither is dominant or recessive

• codominance

• genotype

• trait

• heterozygous

the observable characteristics of an organism's genotype

• dominant allele

• phenotype

• pedigree

• allele

the observable characteristics of an organism's genotype

• phenotype

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• heredity

the condition in which both alleles are partially expressed in a blended appearance of the trait

• codominance

• purebred

• pedigree

• incomplete dominance