Lesson 2: Genetic Variation

A type of reproduction in which the genetic materials from two different cells combine, producing an offspring.

• Sexual Reproduction
• Heredity
• Genetics
• Hybrid
• Dominant Trait

Answer explanation

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The passing of traits from parents to offspring.

• Heredity
• Genetics
• Hybrid
• Dominant Trait
• Recessive Trait

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The study of how traits are passed from parents to offspring.

• Genetics
• Hybrid
• Dominant Trait
• Recessive Trait
• Genes

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The offspring of two animals or plants with different forms of the same trait.

• Hybrid
• Dominant Trait
• Recessive Trait
• Genes
• Alleles

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A genetic factor that blocks another genetic factor.

• Dominant Trait
• Recessive Trait
• Genes
• Alleles
• Phenotype

A genetic factor that is blocked by a dominant genetic factor.

• Recessive Trait
• Genes
• Alleles
• Phenotype
• Genotype

A section on a chromosome that has genetic information for one trait.

• Genes
• Alleles
• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Homozygous

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The different forms of a gene.

• Alleles
• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous

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Geneticists call how a trait appears or is expressed.

• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Punnett Square

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The two alleles that control the phenotype of a trait.

• Genotype
• Homozygous
• Heterozygous
• Punnett Square
• Sexual Reproduction

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