Genetics Vocabulary and Human Reproduction Quiz

The study of how traits are inherited through the interactions of genes.

• Genetics

• Heredity

• Trait

• Allele

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The passing of traits from parent to offspring.

• Heredity

• Allele

• Trait

• Phenotype

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Ways of looking, thinking, or being that are passed down through the genes from parents to offspring.

• Trait

• Gene

• Recessive Trait

• Dominant Trait

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A trait that is covered over by another form of that trait.

• Recessive Trait

• Dominant Trait

• Allele

• Gene

A trait that covers over another form of that trait.

• Dominant Trait

• Recessive Trait

• Allele

• Gene

An allele is...

• a quality/aspect about a person

• traits that are passed down from parents to offspring

• physical appearance (what you see)

• different variations of a gene (represented by letters)

What is a recessive allele?

• an allele that CAN be seen when paired with a recessive allele

• an allele that CANNOT be seen when paired with a recessive allele

• an allele that CANNOT be seen when paired with a dominant allele

• an allele that can never be seen

What is a dominant allele?

• an allele that CAN be seen when paired with a recessive allele

• an allele that CANNOT be seen when paired with a recessive allele

• an allele that CANNOT be seen when paired with a dominant allele

• an allele that can never be seen

How do we represent a recessive allele?

• a little/lowercase letter

• a number

• a big/capital letter

• an exclamation point

A heterozygous yellow pea plant's genotype would be:

• YY
• yy
• Yy
• Yg

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